People donned Santa caps on beaches, ski slopes and streets around the globe on Monday to celebrate Christmas, as Pope Francis called for an end to the wars in Gaza and Ukraine that this year.
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A pall of gloom descended over Bethlehem on Christmas Eve as the Gaza war weighed heavily on the biblical city in the occupied West Bank and the usual crowds of pilgrims stayed away.The West Bank has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.
Pope Francis on Sunday kicked off global Christmas celebrations with a call for peace, as Israel s war on Hamas and Russia s invasion of Ukraine cast a shadow over one of the world s favourite holidays.
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