Amid the coronavirus pandemic, people around the world are celebrating a Christmas unlike any other.
Here are some scenes from this year's holiday season.
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![Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for "to the city [of Rome] and to the world") Christmas Day blessing in the Apostolic Palace, Vatican City, Dec. 25, 2020.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/e830d42/2147483647/strip/false/crop/2097x1573+0+0/resize/880x660!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmedia.npr.org%2Fassets%2Fimg%2F2020%2F12%2F25%2Fpope-d3f547b5d9bbb93f231cf0e0d9176150ed005714.jpg)
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