All around the world, people are celebrating Christmas on December 25. The day marks one of the most celebrated holidays globally, for the religious and non-faithful alike.
Here are scenes from different countries marking the holiday:
Photo Gallery: Christmas Celebrations Around the World
Worshippers of the Legio Maria African Church Mission gather to pray during the Christmas Eve vigil mass in a church near Ugunja, on December 24, 2023.
A child looks at a statue of Baby Jesus as Pope Francis presides over Christmas eve Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday Dec. 24, 2023.
Members of the church choir sing Christmas carols at All Saints' Cathedral during the service on Christmas Day in Nairobi, Kenya December 25, 2023.
A worshipper lights candles as she attends a Christmas Mass at the Catholic Cathedral of the Holy Spirit at the Beyoglu district of Istanbul on December 24, 2023.
Altar servers wait for the Christmas Mass at Jakarta Cathedral in Jakarta on December 25, 2023.
Christian devotees pray at a Christmas mass in the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore on December 25, 2023.
Pope Francis greets children as he celebrates Christmas Eve mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, December 24, 2023.
Christians celebrate Mass at the Armenian Catholic Church, in Cairo, Egypt, December 24, 2023.
Santa Claus rides a cycle along a street engulfed in fog on Christmas in New Delhi on December 25, 2023.
China Christmas
An altar girl carries a crucifix during a Christmas Mass at our Lady of the Congo Cathedral in Kinshasa on December 24, 2023.
Worshippers attend a Christmas Mass at our Lady of the Congo Cathedral in Kinshasa on December 24, 2023.
A woman poses for a picture with a participants dressed as Ayaz Ata (Father Frost) - the Kazakh equivalent of Santa Claus, during a procession through city streets marking the New Year and Christmas season in Almaty, Kazakhstan, December 25, 2023.
A woman makes her way along a snow covered lane near the Braate forest east of the Norwegian capital Oslo, on December 25, 2023.
Girls, wearing Ukrainian traditional clothes, take part in Christmas celebrations in the village of Pyrogove, near Kyiv, Dec. 25, 2023, amid Russian invasion in Ukraine.
A member of the Berliner Seehunde (Berlin seals) ice swimmers club swims in the Oranke Lake during the traditional Christmas Day swimming event, in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 25, 2023.
A woman takes a photo of her child next to a Christmas tree at a season festival to celebrate Christmas Eve, in Al A'ali Mall, Manama, Bahrain, Dec. 24, 2023.
A priest of the Legio Maria African Church Mission lights candles during the Christmas Eve vigil mass in a church near Ugunja, on December 24, 2023.