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| In Sao Paulo, a member of the Black Bloc hands out clothes to homeless
people. The masked anarchists have used violence to get their
anti-capitalist message across at protests that have swept Brazil this
year. |
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| Members of the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force attended
their own Christmas Eve service at Bagram military base in Kabul,
Afghanistan. |
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Hanoi
Archbishop Peter Nguyen Van Nhon celebrated Midnight Mass at a church
outside Vietnam's capital that is located in one of his diocese's
poorest parishes.
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In
Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, Christians had to
attend "Midnight Mass" in the afternoon because of a curfew imposed by
the authorities to prevent violence. A conflict between Christians and
Muslims is estimated to have left about 1,000 dead since 5 December.
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| Meanwhile in the southern Spanish city of Malaga, about 3,000 people
queue for food distributed by the charity, Angeles Malaguenos de la
Noche (Malaga's Angels of the Night). |
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| In Sao Paulo, a member of the Black Bloc hands out clothes to homeless
people. The masked anarchists have used violence to get their
anti-capitalist message across at protests that have swept Brazil this
year. |
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| Lifeguards pose in front of their Christmas tree on Bondi Beach, which
is a popular place for tourists and Australians alike to celebrate a hot
Christmas Day |
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| Here, Chinese Catholics attend a Christmas Eve Mass service in Beijing.
China and the Vatican have no diplomatic ties. Officially, China has
about six million Catholics in the officially tolerated Chinese
Patriotic Church but it is thought millions more belong to the so-called
underground church. |
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| On the Potomac river in the US state of Maryland, a water-skier dressed
as Santa Claus is joined by another in a reindeer outfit. |
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| Despite Christians accounting for only about 2% of India's population,
Christmas is celebrated with fanfare throughout much of the country |
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