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In Pictures: Christmas Day celebrations around the world

Families and communities are marking the day in different ways all over the globe.

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Festive traditions around the world have tentatively returned after 2020 celebrations were hampered by coronavirus restrictions.

All over the globe families and communities are marking the day, as Australians took to the beach, Christians across the Middle East headed to church and, for some, the shopping continued.

Australia Christmas
Spaniards Julene Andres, Chiara Rovelli and Marta Arza celebrate Christmas Australian style at Bondi Beach in Sydney (Rick Rycroft/AP)
Sri Lanka Christmas
A police officer stands guard outside at a church in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)
Palestinian Christians wait to pray at the midnight Christmas Eve mass (Adel Hana/AP)
Palestinian Christians wait to pray at the midnight Mass (Adel Hana/AP)
China Christmas
A shopping centre in Beijing, China (Ng Han Guan/AP)
An Iraqi Christian woman lights candles during a Christmas Eve Mass in St Teresa’s Church ahead of Christmas celebrations, in Basra, Iraq (Nabil al-Jurani/AP)
An Iraqi Christian woman lights candles at St Teresa’s Church in Basra, Iraq (Nabil al-Jurani/AP)
Virus Outbreak Pakistan Christmas
A priest leads a Christmas Mass in Our Lady of Fatima Church in Islamabad, Pakistan (Rahmat Gul/AP)
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