A look at the best news photos from around the world.
December 24, 2024
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Pope Francis opens the Holy Door to mark the opening of the 2025 Catholic Holy Year, or Jubilee, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.
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A person prays at the Church of the Nativity ahead of the arrival of the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
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People hold electric candles as they sing during a Christmas Eve service at Indonesia Arena stadium in Jakarta.
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Children wearing traditional clothes carry 'didukh' as they take part in a Christmas Eve procession in Lviv amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. 'Didukh' is a Ukrainian Christmas decoration made of bunches of wheat, symbolizing sacrifice and literally meaning 'spirit of grandfather.'