• An Egyptian Catholic boy looks on during a Christmas eve mass at Virgin Mary Cathedral in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS
    An Egyptian Catholic boy looks on during a Christmas eve mass at Virgin Mary Cathedral in Nasr City, a suburb of Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS
  • Iraqi policemen search a youth dressed as Father Christmas arriving to give gifts to children at the Church of Mar Jacob al Muqataa in the predominantly Iraqi Christian town of Qaraqosh, in Niniveh province some 30 kilometres from Mosul. AFP
    Iraqi policemen search a youth dressed as Father Christmas arriving to give gifts to children at the Church of Mar Jacob al Muqataa in the predominantly Iraqi Christian town of Qaraqosh, in Niniveh province some 30 kilometres from Mosul. AFP
  • A Latin clergy carries a cross at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. AFP
    A Latin clergy carries a cross at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. AFP
  • People attend a carnival held in front of al-Sayydah Church in the mostly Christian-populated al-Qassaa neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. EPA
    People attend a carnival held in front of al-Sayydah Church in the mostly Christian-populated al-Qassaa neighborhood, Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • Jordanians attend a mass that was held at the Catholic Latin Church in the city of Fuheis near Amman, Jordan. REUTERS
    Jordanians attend a mass that was held at the Catholic Latin Church in the city of Fuheis near Amman, Jordan. REUTERS
  • Ivorian demonstrators stand outside the Ivory Coast embassy in Tunis, following the death of Falikou Coulibaly, the president of the association of Ivorians in Tunisia, who was stabbed and later died during a robbery in the town of Soukra. AFP
    Ivorian demonstrators stand outside the Ivory Coast embassy in Tunis, following the death of Falikou Coulibaly, the president of the association of Ivorians in Tunisia, who was stabbed and later died during a robbery in the town of Soukra. AFP
  • Paramedics and security officers at the scene of an attack outside the Libyan foreign ministry headquarters in the capital Tripoli. At least one person was killed on December 25 as attackers stormed Libya's foreign ministry after a car bomb exploded in front of the building and a suicide bomber then struck inside, a security source at the scene told AFP
    Paramedics and security officers at the scene of an attack outside the Libyan foreign ministry headquarters in the capital Tripoli. At least one person was killed on December 25 as attackers stormed Libya's foreign ministry after a car bomb exploded in front of the building and a suicide bomber then struck inside, a security source at the scene told AFP
  • Men with special needs hold bread in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon. REUTERS
    Men with special needs hold bread in the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon. REUTERS
  • Kuwaiti Muslims distribute sweets during Christmas mass at the National Evangelical Church in Kuwait City. AFP
    Kuwaiti Muslims distribute sweets during Christmas mass at the National Evangelical Church in Kuwait City. AFP
  • Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert (R), who heads a United Nations team tasked with monitoring a ceasefire between the Iranian-aligned Houthi group and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen's Hodeidah, meets officials during his visit to the Red Sea port city of Hodeida. Cammaert called on Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-linked Huthi rebels to respect the hard-won truce, Hodeida port deputy director Yehya Sharafeddin said. AFP
    Retired Dutch general Patrick Cammaert (R), who heads a United Nations team tasked with monitoring a ceasefire between the Iranian-aligned Houthi group and Saudi-backed government forces in Yemen's Hodeidah, meets officials during his visit to the Red Sea port city of Hodeida. Cammaert called on Saudi-backed government forces and Iran-linked Huthi rebels to respect the hard-won truce, Hodeida port deputy director Yehya Sharafeddin said. AFP

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