"There`s lights, there`s carols, but there`s an underlying sense of tension," one pilgrim to Bethlehem, Briton Paul Haines, told Associated Press news agency.
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Christian celebrations around the world - PHOTOS
25 December 2015
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Across the world, Christians have begun marking Christmas with services, with Pope Francis holding midnight mass at the Vatican.
In the holy city of Bethlehem, the West Bank town where it is believed that Jesus was born, events have been overshadowed by recent violence between Palestinians and Israelis.
"There`s lights, there`s carols, but there`s an underlying sense of tension," one pilgrim to Bethlehem, Briton Paul Haines, told Associated Press news agency.
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Vatican City
Beijing
Iraq
Indonesia
"There`s lights, there`s carols, but there`s an underlying sense of tension," one pilgrim to Bethlehem, Briton Paul Haines, told Associated Press news agency.
Bethlehem
Vatican City
Beijing
Iraq
Indonesia
