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Christmas Around the World

Dec. 25: Pope John Paul II blesses the crowd at the end of the midnight Christmas mass in St. Peter's Basilica.
Dec. 25: Iraqi women pray during a Christmas Mass at Chaldean church in southern town of Basra, Iraq.
Dec. 24: Kim Diamond, center, holds her daughter as they participate in a Christmas Eve service in Leawood, Kan.
Dec. 24: Gabriela Tomaszczak, 5, watches for her cue in a Christmas pageant.
Dec. 25: Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew I, performs a Christmas service in Istanbul, Turkey.
Dec. 25: Fireworks explode over Independence Square in Kiev, Ukraine, during the country's key Christian Christmas festivity.
Dec. 25: The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Michel Sabbah blesses worshippers at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
Dec. 25: U.S. Navy personnel in Kuwait celebrate Christmas with a traditional turkey supper.
Dec. 24: Chinese teenagers examine papers written with Christmas wishes tied to a Christmas tree outside a mall in Beijing.
Dec. 24: A choir representing every nation in the multinational division in Basra, Iraq, sing to military personnel.