Photos: Christmas celebrations in the times of Covid-19

With the world in the grip of renewed coronavirus (Covid-19) restrictions, year-end celebrations and the mood in the holiday season has been muted this year. A look at how people across the globe celebrated Christmas amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Updated on: Dec 26, 2020 11:37 AM IST

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A participant in a Santa Claus costume jumps into the water during the 111th edition of the Copa Nadal (Christmas Cup) swimming race in Barcelona’s Port Vell on December 25. The traditional 200-meter Christmas swimming race gathered around 300 participants on Barcelona’s Port Vell. (Josep Lago / AFP)

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Russian emergency rescue workers dressed as Ded Morozes (Santa Claus or Father Frost) greets children as they scale the wall of a children hospital during Christmas celebrations in Russia on December 25. (Pavel Golovkin / AP)

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A diver wearing a Santa Claus outfit as part of Christmas celebrations feeds the fish at Sea Life Bangkok Ocean World aquarium in Bangkok on December 24. (Lillian Suwanrumpha / AFP)

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Devotees gathered around a fire as they attend a mass on Christmas Eve at the Grand Immaculate Church in al-Hamdaniya, near Mosul in Iraq on December 24. (Abdullah Rashid / REUTERS)

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Carolyn Ellis (L), creator of the hug glove, hugs her mother Susan Watts, 74, at her backyard on Christmas Eve in Guelph, Ontario, Canada on December 24. (Nathan Denette / The Canadian Press via AP)

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Pedestrians walk between Trulli, limestone buildings of Alberobello, a World Heritage Site, lit up with Christmas animations, in Italy on December 23. (Alessandro Garofalo / REUTERS)

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A family poses for a photograph at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, in Australia on December 25. (Mark Baker / AP)

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Revellers ride on a merry-go-round at the Uhuru Park grounds during Christmas Day celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya on December 25. (Thomas Mukoya / REUTERS)

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People visit an outdoor market inside a shopping complex on Christmas Day in Beijing, China on December 25. (Tingshu Wang / REUTERS)

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Worshippers of Legio Maria wearing face masks attend the Christmas prayer at their church in the Kibera, Nairobi, Kenya on December 25. (Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP)

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Medical staff member Anne Aguilar draws a Santa Claus figure on a coverall suit in the nursing station of the Covid-19 intensive care unit (ICU) on Christmas Eve at the United Memorial Medical Center in Houston, Texas, US on December 24. (Go Nakamura / Getty Images / AFP)

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Children seen dressed in Santa Claus outfits while people light candles outside Sacred Heart Cathedral on the occasion of Christmas, in New Delhi, India on December 25. Sacred Heart Cathedral remained closed on Christmas Day in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. (Biplov Bhuyan / HT Photo)

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Church musician Gerd von der Heyde plays the organ at the St. Reinoldi church in Dortmund, Germany, on December 25. (Ina Fassbender / AFP)

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People pray during a Christmas Eve outdoor mass at the Strossmayer square in Prague, Czech Republic on December 24. (Michal Cizek / AFP)

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A man dressed as Santa Claus rings a bell during Christmas celebrations in Qamishli, Syria on December 24. (Delil Souleiman / AFP)

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Commuters wearing face masks ride a metro train decorated with Christmas lights in Moscow, Russia on December 25. (Dimitar Dilkoff / AFP)

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Rob Holtzapfel, a member of a vintage car group dressed as Santa Claus, sits in a 1959 Cadillac during a photoshoot with the car owner (L) along a street lined with Christmas-themed light decorations in Marunouchi district of Tokyo, Japan on December 25. (Philip Fong / AFP)

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Devotees offer prayers inside a church on the occasion of Christmas festival, in Ahmedabad, India on December 25. (PTI)

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Cello player Gautier Capucon and the Notre Dame Cathedral choir record a Christmas concert inside Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France on December 19. The concert was broadcasted on Christmas Day. The choir performed for the first time since the Cathedral was partially destroyed in a fire on April 15, 2019. (MSNDP / Musique Sacree à Notre-Dame de Paris via AP)

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A man and two children walk carrying bags outside the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere during a gift distribution drive from Rome-based Christian charity Sant’Egidio Community, in Rome, Italy on December 25. (Yara Nardi / REUTERS)