December 24, 2023

Christian devotees hold candles during a midnight Mass on Christmas Eve at the Bethany church in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Zografyon Greek High School principal Yani Demircioglu plays an accordion, accompanied by school children and members of Greek Orthodox community, during a Christmas celebration in central Istanbul, Turkey.

A Christmas installation of a grotto with figures standing amid rubble surrounded by a razor wire, is displayed outside the Church of the Nativity on Manger Square in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

Children inspect items in the rubble in a room destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the militant group Hamas.

Migrants take part in a caravan towards the border with the United States in Tapachula, Chiapas State, Mexico.

Tito Perez, dressed as Santa Claus, waves to children at a pre-Christmas celebration organized by "Los Chicos de la Via" soup kitchen, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 23, 2023.

Migrants, primarily from Venezuela and Honduras, are detained while others walk along the riverbank after wading across the Rio Grande River into Eagle Pass, Texas, Dec. 23, 2023.

A participant takes part in a bull race competition called 'Pacu Jawi' in Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia, Dec. 23, 2023.

Revelers cheer participants during the traditional Kafuke boat-racing festival, as part of the Christmas celebrations, in Lake Victoria at Budalangi's Marenga beach in Port Victoria of Bunyala Sub-County of Busia, Kenya.

A fisherman casts his net in a lake on the outskirts of Muanda, western Democratic Republic of Congo, Dec. 23, 2023.