Christmas 2021 celebrated around the world
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Pakistani members of Bright Future Society and IMRF wear Santa Claus costumes while boating at river Ravi -- distributing sweets to children ahead of Christmas in Lahore, Pakistan.
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Office workers in Santa Claus costumes collect garbage at Tokyo's Marunouchi business district for the "Christmas Santa Clean-up Walk 2021".
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A man dressed as Santa Claus distributes Christmas gifts to impoverished children living in slums near the centre of Iraq's southern city of Basra.
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Several people dressed in Santa Claus outfits cruise on gondolas in Venice, Italy.
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A person dressed as Spiderman and Santa Claus participates in Santacon in Times Square in New York City.
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Leonan Pereira da Silva appears as Santa posing for a photo with children during a Christmas food donation event for the residents of the Vila Cruzeiro favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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A man dressed in an elf costume looks on before the draw of Spain's traditional Christmas Lottery "El Gordo" (The Fat One) at the Royal Theatre in Madrid, Spain.
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US President Joe Biden, with First Lady Jill Biden, speak to children during a visit to the Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve.
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Pope Francis speaks at the pulpit during the Christmas Eve Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.
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Kentucky mascot Scratch, an elf and Santa Claus lead the crowd in a Christmas song during an NCAA college basketball game in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Members of the Berliner Seehunde (Berlin seals) swimming club take their traditional Christmas bath at the Orankesee lake on Christmas day.
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People take photos of the clergy following Christmas Day mass at a Protestant church in downtown Shanghai, China.
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A man dressed as Santa Claus gestures to the people outside a church during Christmas celebrations in Gauhati, India.
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A girl stands by Christmas decorations at a market in Tripoli, northern Lebanon.
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A family attends a prayer service at Sacred Heart Cathedral to celebrate Christmas in Lahore.
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Indian Catholic alter boys walk between the devotees during a Christmas mass at Saint Mary's church in Noida, a suburb of New Delhi, India.
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A group of bike riders dressed as Santa Clauses and elves ride through Regent Street, London, England.
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Divers wearing Santa Claus and elf outfits pose from an aquarium at the Koral Restaurant in Sawangan, Nusa Dua on Indonesia's resort island of Bali.
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Churchgoers attend a Christmas Mass on Christmas day at Holy Family Cathedral in Nairobi, Kenya.
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