The World in a SNAP (9)

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DECEMBER 18: An Indonesian traditional artist performs with his giant dolls called "ondel-ondel" during an event for the Jakarta Biennale 2011 art festival. (Dita Alangkara/Associated Press

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DECEMBER 18: Children play on a snow sculpture during the 2nd Snow Sculpture Festival in Hulun Buir, in China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. (China Daily via Reuters

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DECEMBER 18: Jennifer Hudson performs at the "Vh1 Divas Celebrates Soul" in New York. (Evan Agostini/Associated Press

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DECEMBER 18: People gather under a Czech national flag as thousands mark the passing of former Czech president Vaclav Havel at Venceslaw's Square in Prague, Czech Republic. Havel, the dissident playwright who wove theater into politics to peacefully bring down communism in Czechoslovakia and become a hero of the epic struggle that ended the Cold War, died Sunday in Prague. He was 75. (Petr David Josek/Associated Press)

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DECEMBER 19: A mahout washes an elephant in a pool at Gangaramaya Buddhist temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Dinuka Liyanawatte/Reuters

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A Hindu man writes "Happy Christmas" in Hindi (India's national language) on his forehead on the banks of the Ganges river in Allahabad, India. Source: Reuters

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Bejeweled brides attend a mass marriage ceremony at Noida on the outskirts of New Delhi December 17, 2011. A total of 101 couples from across India exchanged wedding vows on Saturday during the mass wedding ceremony arranged by a voluntary organization, organizers said. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma

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A member of a local winter swimming club takes a bathe in the Yenisei River, with the air temperature at about minus 20 degrees Celcius (minus four degrees Fahrenheit) in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk December 18, 2011. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin

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Key Largo, Fla. — Santa scuba diver Spencer Slate eyes a goliath grouper while diving in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Slate, owner of a Keys dive shop, dons the costume for holiday season outings to provide photo opportunities for his customers. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: Bob Care / Florida Keys News Bureau

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DECEMBER 19: A couple stands in a park illuminated with Christmas lights in Bogota, Colombia. (John Vizcaino/Reuters) Related photos, video: Fabulous Christmas trees around the world

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Volunteers carry lanterns as they work on the decorations at Fo Guang Shan monastery before the completion ceremony of the newly built Buddha Memorial Center in Kaohsiung December 19, 2011. The completion ceremony of the Buddha Memorial Center will be held on December 27. REUTERS/Soo Hoo Zheyang

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A man has his moustache trimmed by a roadside barber in Quetta, Pakistan, December 19, 2011. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

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Christmas lights in Croatia

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Winners of the National Geographic Photo Contest 2011 “ Splashing", Grand Prize Winner and winner of the Nature category. Location: Batam, Riau Islands, Indonesia. (© Shikhei Goh)

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(Paula Bronstein / Getty Images A novice monk plays with a balloon during a study period at the monastery on Dec. 16 in Inle Lake, Myanmar.

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Eyad Baba / AP - A Palestinian prisoner is greeted by an unidentified relative after his release at the Rafah border crossing in southern Gaza Strip on Sunday, Dec. 18. Israel released hundreds of Palestinian prisoners late Sunday, the second and final phase of a swap with Gaza Hamas militants that brought home an Israeli soldier after five years in captivity.

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Kevin Frayer / AP An Indian boy washes himself at the Mena Bazar on a cool morning in New Delhi, India, early Dec. 16.

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DECEMBER 21: Giant pandas Qiqi (L) and Zhizhi eat at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu,China. The country will begin sending pandas bred in captivity into a controlled wilderness area in southwestern Sichuan province next month. (China Daily via Reuters)

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Islamabad, Pakistan — Afghan refugee children play in an alley of a slum on the outskirts of the city. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Muhammed Muheisen / Associated Press

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A visitor looks at an ice sculpture showing a contortionist at an exhibition of ice sculptures in Roevershagen, eastern Germany. (AP)

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David Cannon/Getty Images for Jumeirah Jumeiraha's Global Brand Ambassador Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland, hits his spectacular final shots of 2011 on the helipad at the Burj Al Arab hotel on December 12, 2011 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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STR/AFP/Getty Images Mintu the dog, mother of seven puppies breastfeeds a young monkey in Bishwanathpur village some 300 kilometres northeast of Dhaka on December 21, 2011.

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REUTERS/Rooney Chen Performers in traditional costumes practice fire breathing using sulphur during a local opera performance in Xi'an, Shaanxi province December 21, 2011.

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JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images Philippine Military Academy cadets march during the 76th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in Quezon city suburban Manila on December 21, 2011.

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A Pashtun boy waits for customers at his roadside shoe stall in Quetta December 20, 2011. REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

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President Barack Obama winks at the media as he walks to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, December 20, 2011. Obama returned from Andrews Air Force Base nearby, after participating in a ceremony marking the return of the United States Forces-Iraq colors and the end of the war in Iraq. REUTERS/Jason Reed

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Myanmar's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi (L) meets Thailand's Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra at the Thai ambassador's residence in Yangon December 20, 2011. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

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Luke Macgregor / Reuters Crowd members join in for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah in Trafalgar Square in London, Dec. 20, 2011.

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General view of illuminated Christmas decorations at Monserrate church in Bogota December 19, 2011. REUTERS/John Vizcaino

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Tsering Topgyal / AP A dog in winter clothing sits next to a wayside fruit stall on a cold and foggy morning in New Delhi, India on Tuesday.

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DECEMBER 21: Laser beams creating the image of a large lit Hanukkah menorah are projected on the Hiriya landfill, a former waste disposal site, now called the Ariel Sharon Park, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on the second eve of Hanukkah. The Jewish festival of light, an eight-day commemoration of the Jewish uprising in the second century B.C. against the Greek-Syrian kingdom, which had tried to put statues of Greek gods in the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem, started Tuesday. (Ariel Schalit/Associated Press)

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DECEMBER 22: Men with brooms stand amidst pigeons outside the Hazrat Ali, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan. (Thomas Peter/Reuters

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An Indian homeless mother and child try to stay warm on a chilly morning near a fire in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2011. AP / Saurabh Das

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An Indian homeless child eats food as his mother cooks by a road side on a cold and foggy morning in Allahabad, India, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2011. AP / Rajesh Kumar Sing

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Artists perform during Cirque du Soleil's Alegria show in Lisbon's Atlantic pavilion, Spain. (Reuters)

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Filipino cadets dance during the 76th anniversary of the Armed Forces of the Philippines at Camp Aguinaldo military headquarters in suburban Quezon city, Metro Manila. (AP)

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Matt Cardy/Getty Images - Druids, pagans and revellers take part in a winter solstice ceremony at Stonehenge on December 22, 2011 in Wiltshire, England. The unseasonable warm weather encouraged a larger than normal crowd to gather at the famous historic stone circle to celebrate the sunrise closest to the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year.

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Dennis M. Sabangan / EPA - 'Miracle' baby: Filipino woman gives birth on roof of flooded health center - Aizee Tumanda, a five day old infant who was born on the roof of a health clinic that was submerged by floodwaters, in Cagayan de Oro, southern Mindanao, Philippines, on Dec. 22, 2011.

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Daniel Alarcon/Wildlife Conservation Society Endangered jaguars in Bolivia captured on camera

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DECEMBER 22: The Monte Carlo casino is reflected in a mirror between Christmas trees in Monaco. (Eric Gaillard/Reuters)

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North Korean traffic control women react as they make a condolence call for deceased leader Kim Jong-il in Pyongyang in this photo taken by Kyodo December 21, 2011. REUTERS/Kyodo

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DECEMBER 24: People walk through a "tunnel of lights" set up in Tokyo, Japan. (Itsuo Inouye/Associated Press)

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DECEMBER 24: Students dressed as Santa Claus sing during Christmas celebrations at a school in Jammu, India. (Channi Anand/Associated Press

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DECEMBER 24: Tiger cubs dressed as Santa Claus suckle from a sow on Christmas Eve at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo in Thailand's Chonburi Province. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)

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The Nutcracker ballet is a rich holiday tradition, with more stagings than any other ballet. For many little girls, the ballet inspired their pursuit of dance, and its story taught them it’s OK to dream. Photography by J. Gwendolynne Berry/The Palm Bach Post lexey Orlov plays the part of Drosselmeyer, here in the party scene dressed as a life-sized Nutcracker. Later in Mary's dreams, the Nutcracker becomes a prince

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The Nutcracker ballet is a rich holiday tradition, with more stagings than any other ballet. For many little girls, the ballet inspired their pursuit of dance, and its story taught them it’s OK to dream. Photography by J. Gwendolynne Berry/The Palm Bach Post Alexandra Kudriashkina performs the Oriental dance in the second act

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The Nutcracker ballet is a rich holiday tradition, with more stagings than any other ballet. For many little girls, the ballet inspired their pursuit of dance, and its story taught them it’s OK to dream. Photography by J. Gwendolynne Berry/ The Palm Bach Post Igor Kiselev and Mutsuki Yoshida perform the Chinese dance

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Sanaa, Yemen — Yemeni anti-government protesters take part in a demonstration after the weekly Friday prayers in Sanaa. The protesters reject an amnesty given to President Ali Abdullah Saleh against prosecution in a deal that eases him out of office. PHOTOGRAPH BY: MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP

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Tamara Llagas smiles after winning the Miss Sevilla pageant in the Andalusian capital of Seville December 22, 2011. The winner of the pageant will go on to compete in the Miss Spain beauty contest in 2012. Source: Reuters

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Hyderabad, India — Indian children perform the bharatnatyam, a classical Indian dance, during opening ceremonies for the 45th Senior National Indian-Style Wrestling Championship in Hyderabad. About 400 wrestlers from across the country are participating in the three-day event. PHOTOGRAPH BY: Kumar A. Mahesh / Associated Press

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Jakarta — A fire eater's street performance, "Ritual Cyborg," choreographed by Indonesian artist Sabil, is among the events at the Jakarta Biennale 2011 art festival. - PHOTOGRAPH BY: Dita Alangkara / Associated Press

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A woman wearing a burqa stands in front of the Hazrat Ali, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-e-Sharif December 22, 2011. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

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Children hold bags containing toys they received from Hector Chacon, a Guatemalan firefighter dressed as Santa Claus, under the Belize bridge in Guatemala City December 18, 2011. Guatemalan firefighters have been giving out toys in the Christmas period to children living in the neighbourhoods under the bridge, a very poor area of the city, for 13 years, according to Chacon. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez

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A man dressed as Father Christmas drives past the Israeli built separation barrier as Christians arrive to celebrate Christmas mass in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. (getty images)

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Clergy gather in Manger Square outside the Church of the Nativity while Christians gather for Christmas celebrations in the West Bank city of Bethlehem (Getty images)

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An estimated 90,000 faithful are expected to converge on the central West Bank town of Bethlehem to attend the midnight Christmas Mass. - The main rituals will take place at the Church of the Nativity, which is believed to be the birthplace of Jesus. Latin Patriarch Fuad Twal, who is the senior most Catholic bishop in the region, will be conducting the Mass. The Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Fouad Twal (L) waves as he leaves a reception in Jerusalem heading to the Church of the Nativity to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem on 24 December 24. Source: Reuters

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A craftsman giving final touch to souvenirs made of olive tree in the Holy City. Thousands of tourists are expected to attend the celebrations in the city. - Source: Reuters

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An anti-government protester approaches police, unseen, with flowers and a national flag in Manama, Bahrain. (AP)

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Two Scottish folds wearing Christmas costumes are presented during a two-day international cat exhibition in Rostov-on-Don Source: REUTERS/Stringer Russia

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Elephants dressed in Santa Claus costumes perform for students ahead of the Christmas festival at a school in Ayutthaya province, Thailand. (AFP)

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The works of Guido Nincheri Guido Nincheri who painted more than 200 churches in Canada and the U.S. Nincheri (1885-1973) was born in Prato, Tuscany, and studied painting, drawing and architecture in Florence for 12 years at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1914, after a short stay in Boston where he decorated the Opera House, he and his wife immigrated to Montreal, where he soon opened an art studio.  St. Clement, Viauville, Montreal Saint Eugene de Granby

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The Nativity window in St. Leon de Westmount, Montreal

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The Adoration of the Magi, Église Sainte-Madeleine d’Outremon Saint Anthony of Woonsocket

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Jung Yeon-Je / AFP - Getty Images - Members of a North Korea peace organization release balloons attached to boxes containing socks and leaflets to be flown over North Korea, at a unification park in the northern city of Paju near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas on Dec. 24. The group sent winter socks slung under the gas-filled balloons across the border to North Korea, a place where one can exchange a pair of socks for a fair amount of food.

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Fernando Vergara / AP Christmas lights decorate a neighborhood park in northern Bogota, Colombia, late on Dec. 22.

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Mark Duncan / AP - In this photo made using a long exposure and zooming the lens, hundreds of lights illuminate the home of Norm and Michele Rados in Olmsted Township, Ohio on Dec. 23. Rados said it takes four to five weekends of work to finish his annual holiday display leading up to the Sunday after Thanksgiving.

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Kevin Frayer / AP - Indian children wearing festive clothing ride in the back of a bicycle rickshaw on their way to a Christmas party at a kindergarten on the last day before school holidays in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 23, 2011.

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Indian Christians decorate the main entrance of the St. Mary's Church in Siliguri on Christmas eve. Despite Christians forming a little over 2 percent of the billion plus population in India, with Hindus comprising the majority, Christmas is celebrated throughout the country. (getty images)

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Indian men disguised as Santa Claus offer traditional Hindu prayers after taking a holy dip in the Sangam, confluence of three rivers, the Ganga, the Yamuna and Saraswati on the occassion of Christmas in the northern Indian city of Allahaba (getty images)

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Surfers (left to right) Chris Mannion, Rob Drake-Knight, Martin Drake-Knight, James Ranson and Oliver Harvey go surfing in Christmas fancy dress, at Grange Chine, on the Isle of Wight (Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)

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DECEMBER 24: A Franciscan monk attends Christmas celebrations at the Church of the Nativity, believed by many to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. (Bernat Armangue/Associated Press)

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DECEMBER 24: A Washington Redskins cheerleader performs during the first half of the Redskins' game against the Minnesota Vikings in Landover. (Evan Vucci/Associated Press)

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DECEMBER 24: Artists dressed as Santa Claus create a Santa Claus sculpture on Puri golden beach, 42 miles from the eastern city of Bhubaneswar, India. (Biswaranjan Rout/Associated Press)

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DECEMBER 24: A car is loaded with balloons to be given to residents as part of Christmas celebrations near the Church of the Nativity in the West Bank town of Bethlehem . (Mohamad Torokman/Reuters)

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DECEMBER 24: People crowd a square near a shopping district for a Christmas eve celebration in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province. (Associated Press)

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Prince William and Kate Middleton arrive for a Christmas Day service at St Mary Magdalene Church on the Royal estate at Sandringham, Norfolk. - Source: Reuters

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Pakistani boy Hani Shazad, 6, laughs as he holds balloons while playing outside a church decorated for the upcoming Christmas holiday, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)

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Sand schulpture artists dressed as Santa Claus create a Santa Claus sculpture on the eve of Christmas Puri located in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. (golden beach, 67 kilometers (42 miles) from the eastern city of Bhubaneswar, India, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. Christmas Day is observed as a national holiday in India. REUTERS

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Two Pakistani girls stand in front of a wall decorated with paintings for the upcoming Christmas holiday, in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Nathalie Bardou)

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ANDREY SMIRNOV/AFP/Getty Images - A priest holds a Christmas service at Moscow's Cathedral of Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception on Saturday. While most Russians will mark Orthodox Christmas on January 7, 2012, according to the old Julian calendar, Western Christmas is about to be celebrated on December 25 by Russia's 600,000-strong Roman Catholic community.

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Feng Li/Getty Images - Chinese children sing Christmas songs for customers at a shopping centre on Saturday.

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Filipino traffic enforcer Ramiro Hinojas dressed in a Santa Claus costume directs the flow of vehicles in a dancing way along a busy intersection on Christmas eve in suburban Pasay, south of Manila, Philippines, Saturday Dec. 24, 2011. Christmas is one of the most important holidays in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

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The largest Christmas market in France can be seen at the area close to the Strasbourgh’s cathedral. This Christmas market is known as the oldest French Christmas market. During the eve of Christmas, the area is decorated with toys, Christmas trees and lot of eating outlets. The chorus performance on the streets creates cool atmosphere. Visitors can also grab a Christmas cake at the Bredle Market, which is close to the area. - Source: Reuters

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Brendon Thorne/Getty Images - A Seal investigates Christmas toys at Taronga Zoo on Dec. 21, 2011 in Sydney

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Pope Benedict XVI celebrates Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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Pope Benedict XVI delivers his blessing as he leaves after celebrating Christmas Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on 24 December. Pope Expresses Concern Over Growing Violence, Poverty Source: Press Association / Andrew Medichini

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NARINDER NANU/AFP/Getty Images - An Indian girl lights candles on the eve of Christmas Day at St Paul's church in Amritsar

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Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters A protester of the Occupy movement wears a Santa Claus costume as he walks through the camp next to the euro sculpture outside the European Central Bank headquarters in Frankfurt's banking district on Saturday.

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