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Kyiv, Ukraine
People wear traditional attire as they mark Christmas Day with a carol-singing event outside St Michael’s golden-domed monastery
Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Yorkshire, UK
The archbishop of York, Stephen Cottrell, after giving the Christmas Day eucharist service at York Minster
Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA
Edinburgh, UK
Dozens of hardy souls braved the freezing water at Portobello beach on Christmas Day morning to take a dip in the Firth of Forth. Swimmers from the Tidal Titties sea swimming club donned Santa hats and red costumes
Photograph: Dave Johnston
Vatican City
Pope Francis during the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing during Christmas celebrations in St Peter’s square
Photograph: Vatican Media/AFP/Getty Images
Kyiv, Ukraine
People take shelter at a metro station during an air raid alert
Photograph: Thomas Peter/Reuters
Khan Yunis, Gaza
Men and children watch as people inspect the site of reported Israeli bombardment on a camp sheltering Palestinians displaced from Beit Lahia
Photograph: Bashar Taleb/AFP/Getty Images
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Firefighters work at the site of residential buildings hit by a Russian drone strike
Photograph: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters
Bethlehem, West Bank
Members of a choir sing during the Christmas morning mass at the Chapel of Saint Catherine, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ
Photograph: Matias Delacroix/AP
Kharkiv, Ukraine
Firefighters work at the site of residential buildings hit by a Russian drone strike
Photograph: Sofiia Gatilova/Reuters
Aktau, Kazakhstan
Emergency services working at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau
Photograph: Azamat Sarsenbayev/Reuters
London, UK
The scene on Shaftesbury Avenue after four people were injured, one seriously, after being hit by a car
Photograph: Jordan Pettitt/PA
North Tyneside, UK
Dog walkers take in a beautiful Christmas Day morning sunrise at Tynemouth Longsands beach
Photograph: Will Walker/NNP/North News & Pictures Ltd nort
London, UK
Members of the Serpentine swimming club take part in the Peter Pan Cup race, which is held every Christmas Day in the Hyde Park lake
Photograph: Yui Mok/PA
Norfolk, UK
Pomeranians Peanut and Coco before the Christmas Day morning church service attended by the royal family at St Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham
Photograph: Aaron Chown/PA
Dorset, UK
Swimmers take part in the Macmillan Boscombe white Christmas dip, in aid of Macmillan Caring Locally, at Boscombe Pier in Bournemouth
Photograph: Andrew Matthews/PA
Barcelona, Spain
Participants jump into the sea during the Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) swimming race
Photograph: Bruna Casas/Reuters
Dublin, Ireland
People take part in the Clontarf Yacht and Boat Club annual charity Christmas swim in aid of the RNLI
Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA
Bangalore, India
Christians attend morning prayers on Christmas Day at the Infant Jesus church
Photograph: Jagadeesh Nv/EPA
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
As the first beams of sunlight fall over the favela of Vidigal in Rio de Janeiro, a surfer eyes the waves at sunrise on Christmas morning at Ipanema beach
Photograph: Bob Karp/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
Sydney, Australia
Tourists pose for a photo next to a Christmas tree on Bondi Beach
Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images
