Christians around the world celebrated the birth of Jesus on Tuesday December 25.
Several dozen Christians gathered at Bethlehem's Church of Nativity on Tuesday for Christmas Mass, chaired by acting Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Archbishop Pierbattista Pizzaballa.
Christmas festivities in the Israeli-occupied West Bank town attracted hundreds of tourists from around the world.
Many of the pilgrims' Holy Land itineraries include nearby Jerusalem and Jesus's boyhood town of Nazareth in the Galilee, now the largest Arab city in Israel.
In Egypt, moving hymns echoed between the walls of Cairo's Saint Joseph Roman Catholic Church, where members of the country's Catholic community attended Christmas eve mass.
Worshippers sang along as a choir equipped with a variety of instruments led them in songs, during the spiritual celebration, as Egypt's Christian community faces pressure from Islamic State militants who have threatened to wipe it out.
Queen Elizabeth and other members of Britain's royal family attended the traditional Christmas Day church service at St Mary Magdalene's church in Sandringham, eastern England.
Prince Charles, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and his wife Catherine Duchess of Cambridge along with Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex as well as the newly wed Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank were seen at the church service.
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