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Photos of the Day: Christmas Around the World

Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh

A Rohingya refugee breastfeeds her child after they crossed the border with Myanmar, in the village of Maughpara near Cox’s Bazar
Photograph: Marko Djurica/Reuters

Betunia, West Bank

Ahed Tamimi (centre), a 17-year-old Palestinian, appears at a military court at the Israeli-run Ofer prison. Israeli army personnel arrested Tamimi after a video went viral of her slapping Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank as they remained impassive
Photograph: Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images

Kabul, Afghanistan

Security forces remove a destroyed vehicle after a suicide attack. A spokesman for the interior ministry said that the bomber blew himself up near an office of the country’s intelligence service.
Photograph: Hedayatullah Amid/EPA

Rome, Italy

A Vatican gendarme attempts to apprehend a topless activist, of women’s rights group Femen, who tried to reach the Nativity scene in Saint Peter’s square in the Vatican
Photograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters

Ugunja, Kemya

Legio Maria faithfuls celebrate overnight Mass at a church near Ugunja
Photograph: Fredrik Lerneryd/AFP/Getty Images

Lima, Peru

Supporters celebrate after President Kuczynski pardoned former President Fujimori who was serving a 25-year prison sentence
Photograph: Guadalupe Pardo/Reuters

Shenyang, China

A man wearing a Santa hat warms up before swimming in a partly frozen lake in China’s northeastern Liaoning province
Photograph: -/AFP/Getty Images

London, England

Swimmers prepare to take part in the Christmas Day Serpentine swim in Hyde Park
Photograph: Andrew Winning/Reuters

Moscow, Russia

Passengers dressed as the Snowmaid, Santa, and Father Frost travel on a seasonally-themed train on the Moscow Underground
Photograph: Alexander Shcherbak/TASS

Sydney, Australia

A lifeguard wearing a Christmas hat uses binoculars to watch swimmers at Bondi Beach
Photograph: David Gray/Reuters

King’s Lynn, England

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry attend the Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene in King’s Lynn
Photograph: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

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