In Pictures: What Christmas looks like around the world

Pope Francis sprays incense to a figurine of baby Jesus before leading a Christmas Eve mass at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, on December 24, 2021.

Members of the public queue to enter Nairobi National Park on December 25, 2021.

Members of the public queue viewing a caged lion at the Nairobi Animal Orphanage on December 25, 2021.

Children enjoying a train ride at an amusement park next to the Green Park Bus terminus in Nairobi during Christmas day celebrations on December 25, 2021.

Children playing on a bouncing castle at an amusement park next to the Green Park Bus terminus in Nairobi during Christmas day celebrations on December 25, 2021.

Holidaymakers enjoying Christmas on Jomo Kenyatta public beach in Mombasa on December 25, 2021.

An aerial view of a beach hotel in Mombasa in this picture taken on December 25, 2021.

Traffic along Mombasa highway caused by an accident on a bridge in Manyani on December 25, 2021.

A couple walks by a house with Christmas decorations in Havana, Cuba, on December 24, 2021.

A pastor speaks to people who have had their houses demolished as they prepare to spend Christmas Eve sleeping in a makeshift displacement camp in Mukuru Kwa Njenga in Nairobi on December 24, 2021.

People prepare to spend Christmas Eve sleeping in a makeshift displacement camp in Mukuru Kwa Njenga in Nairobi on December 24, 2021.

The acting Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Pierbattista Pizzaballa leads a Christmas midnight mass at Saint Catherine's Church, in the Church of the Nativity, in Bethlehem, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on December 25, 2021.

Iraqis celebrate Christmas eve in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern, on December 24, 2021. 

Iraqis celebrate Christmas eve in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in northern, on December 24, 2021. 

Christian devotees attend a prayer service at Sacred Heart Cathedral to celebrate Christmas in Lahore, Pakistan, on December 25, 2021.

Christian devotees attend a prayer service at Sacred Heart Cathedral to celebrate Christmas in Lahore, Pakistan, on December 25, 2021. 

Christian devotees pray after placing candles on a police barricade outside Sacred Heart Cathedral, closed to the general public due to the ongoing Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, during Christmas celebrations in New Delhi on December 25, 2021.

Members of the First Presbyterian Church and the First Christian house get emotional as they gather to bid final goodbye to their church which were destroyed during the Tornado in Mayfield, Kentucky, on December 24, 2021.  With the help of volunteers from around the country, families in western Kentucky will be able to celebrate Christmas on Saturday, two weeks after a string of tornadoes wrought a path of deadly destruction.

A NHS health worker administers a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at a pop-up coronavirus vaccination centre at the Redbridge Town Hall, east London on December 25, 2021. 

Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh takes a selfie with children from 'Save the Children' foundation after they watched his movie '83' during Christmas at a cinema hall in Mumbai on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Sujit JAISWAL / AFP)

A volunteer looks on at a pop-up coronavirus vaccination centre at the Redbridge Town Hall, east London on December 25, 2021.