Christmas 2024 around the world – in pictures
27 ImagesHere’s how Christmas is being celebrated in Australia and around the world.
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St Mary’s Cathedral in Sydney is lit up for the festive season.Credit:Steven Siewert
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Christmas lights in Kings Park, Melbourne.Credit:Joe Armao
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Barbara Ellis’ house in Robyn Court, Hampton Park, Melbourne.Credit:Joe Armao
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Christmas lights at 39 Alice Street, Rooty Hill, Sydney.Credit:Steven Siewert
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The last-minute scramble for festive seafood at the Sydney Fish Market.Credit:Dominic Lorrimer
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Brisbane mum Tahnee O’Neile gets ready for Christmas with her sons Saturn (left) and Pheonix.Credit:Paul Harris
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Staff in the emergency department at Alfred Health in Melbourne are working all through Christmas.Credit:Joe Armao
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Queen Mary of Denmark attends a WeShelter Food Club event ahead of Christmas in Copenhagen.Credit:Getty Images
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Santa’s helpers sort through letters at the main post office in Lapland, Finland. Each year over 600,000 to 700,000 letters arrive there for Santa.Credit:Getty Images
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Christmas Eve in Seoul, South Korea.Credit:AP
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Hiroyuki Wada dresses as Santa and drives his 1959 Cadillac around the Marunouchi area of Tokyo to give presents to children. Christmas is not a national holiday in Japan, but many people still enjoy the festivities.Credit:Getty Images
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The annual Christmas Eve meat sale at London’s Smithfield Market. For the past century, traders have sold off their surplus meat on December 24.Credit:Getty Images
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King Charles records his annual Christmas message.Credit:Getty Images
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Travellers at San Francisco International Airport try to make it home in time for Christmas.Credit:Bloomberg
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Children have their photos taken with Santa Claus near the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus, in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.Credit:AP
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A Syrian Christian man takes part in a protest in Damascus after a Christmas tree was set on fire in the city of Hamah.Credit:AP
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The final touches are added to a Christmas tree in Cathedral Square, Moscow.Credit:AP
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A Christmas Eve service at Indonesia Arena in Jakarta.Credit:AP
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A Christmas decoration amid the rubble of St George Melkite Catholic Church in Dardghaya, southern Lebanon.Credit:AP
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Christmas in Kolkata, India.Credit:AP
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Christmas decorations at a shopping centre in Beijing.Credit:AP
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Christmas in the US: Christmas lights at Wakefield Winter Wonderland in Santa Clarita, California.Credit:AP
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A diver dressed as Santa takes to the water at the Lotte World Aquarium in Seoul, South Korea.Credit:AP
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A Santa stand-up paddle event in Thessaloniki, northern Greece.Credit:AP
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Christmas Eve on the American Airlines check-in desk at Miami International Airport.Credit:AP
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Mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Aceh is the only Indonesian province enforcing Islamic Sharia law, but it has a small Christian minority.Credit:Getty Images
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Christmas carols at Assumption Church in Lalitpur, Nepal.Credit:AP
