People enjoy visiting the central Ala-Too Square, decorated to mark the upcoming New Year holiday, in Bishkek. AFP
Deacons pray before the altar as Father Gabriel Romanelli, Parish Priest of the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family, prepares communion during Christmas Eve mass at the church in the Zaytoun neighbourhood of Gaza City. AFP
Christian worshippers attend Christmas Eve Mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Dormition, known also as the Olive Church, in Damascus. AFP
A woman buys an inflatable balloon near the Christmas tree in Sophia Square in Kyiv. AFP
Believers light candles during a Christmas service in St. Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv. AFP
Men play large marimba sets during the Christmas mass at the Notre Dame de la Paix Cathedral in N'Djamena. AFP
People attend a Christmas mass at Saint Patrick's cathedral in New York City. AFP
Christian devotees attend midnight Christmas Mass at St Andrew Church in Karachi. AFP
Worshippers use their phones during a Christmas eve mass at the St. Joseph's Church in Beijing. AFP
Archbishop Atanasius Firas Dardar, Patriarchal Exarch of Basra and the Gulf, prepares to light the bonfire during Christmas Eve service at the Syriac Catholic Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Iraq's southern city of Basra. AFP
Syrian scouts play music following Christmas Eve mass at The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in the port city of Latakia. AFP
Catholics dressed in traditional Javanese clothes prepare the Christmas Mass procession at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Ganjuran, Yogyakarta. AFP
Clerics celebrate the traditional Christmas mass in the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris. AFP
Pope Francis presides over the Christmas Eve mass at The St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. AFP