Christmas around the world

A man in the ice swimming club Berlin Seals attends the annual Christmas swim at the partially frozen Oranke Lake in Berlin on Tuesday.

Lithuania's Cardinal Audrys Juozas Backis blesses a crib during Christmas Mass at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Vilnius.

French soldiers and servicemembers with the NATO- led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) eat Christmas dinner at a dining facility at the U.S.-led coalition base in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday.

Vatican Swiss guards march in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Tuesday after Pope Benedict XVI's annual Christmas message.

Bosnian Croats stand outside church before attending midnight Mass in the village of Morancani, near the Northern-Bosnian town of Tuzla.

Prince Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, attend the traditional Christmas Day church service Tuesday at Sandringham church in King's Lynn, England.

Children walk past Christmas decorations on Dec. 24 in a slum in Islamabad, Pakistan.

A Catholic pilgrim prays at the Church of Nativity, believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in Bethlehem, West Bank.

A vendor waits for custumers at a balloon stall at a Christmas fair in Dimapur, India.

A worshiper lights a candle during a Christmas service in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Workers decorate a Christmas tree in Arbil, Iraq.

A fish vendor selects seafood for a client's Christmas dinner in Barcelona, Spain.

Students from Taipei Municipal YuCheng Senior High School play Christmas music at a street concert in Taiwan.

A vendor sells Santa Claus balloons outside a church in Hanoi, Vietnam.