December 24, 2014

5 Butchers sell their remaining meat of the year at discount prices during the Christmas Eve auction at Smithfield Market in central London.

An Iraqi Christian boy, who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, poses for a photo wearing a Father Christmas hat, on the grounds of Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church, where many displaced Christians have erected tents,  in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region.

6 An Iraqi Christian boy, who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, poses for a photo wearing a Father Christmas hat, on the grounds of Mar Elia Chaldean Catholic Church, where many displaced Christians have erected tents, in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region.

People attend the 'Weihnachtssingen' a candlelight carol concert with 27,500 fans of the second-division club FC Union Berlin at the Alte Foersterei stadium in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 23, 2014.

7 People attend the 'Weihnachtssingen' a candlelight carol concert with 27,500 fans of the second-division club FC Union Berlin at the Alte Foersterei stadium in Berlin, Germany, Dec. 23, 2014.