Sherehe za Krismasi duniani

Papa Francis akiomba dua wakati wa kutoa hotuba yake ya kwanza ya Krismasi "Urbi et Orbi" (kwa mji na dunia) kutoka baraza inayoelekea uwanza wa St. Peter huko, Vatican, Dec. 25, 2013

Wanajeshi wa Marekani katika Kikosi cha Kimataifa cha NATO wakitayarisha zawadi wakati wa sherehe za Krismasi mjini Kabul, Afghanistan Dec. 25, 2013.

Wakristo wa Kenya na watawa wakisali katika kanisa la  Holy Family Cathedral wakati wa misa ya Krismasi mjini  Nairobi, Dec. 25, 2013.

Scott Relf and his girlfriend Lauren Harris laugh as they stand in the rain on Bondi Beach to celebrate Christmas Day in Sydney, Dec. 25, 2013.

watoto wamesimama kwa mstari kupokea zawadi za Krismasi kutoka watu walojitolea huko Tacloban, Philippines, Dec. 25, 2013.

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is welcomed by Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal at the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Dec. 25, 2013.

Britain's Prince William and Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, walk to a Christmas Day morning service at the church on the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk, eastern England, Dec. 25, 2013.

Iraqi police officers guard the entrance of St. Joseph's Chaldean Church before a Christmas mass in Baghdad, Iraq, Dec. 25, 2013.

Members of a local kayak club dressed as Santa Claus prepare to take their kayaks into Zhujiang River in Guangzhou, Guangdong province, China, Dec. 25, 2013.

A man wearing a Santa hat prepares to cut a 61 meter long cake as boys dressed in Santa Claus costumes cheer during Christmas celebrations in the northern Indian city of Chandigarh, Dec. 25, 2013.

Syrian, Iraqi and Jordanian Orthodox Christians pray at the Saint Afram Syrian Orthodox Church during the midnight Christmas Mass in Amman, Dec. 24, 2013.