(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Christmas celebrations, stolen art being returned and more.
Christians, some dressed as Santa Claus, participate in a Christmas celebration in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) 
Devotees attend the first of nine daily dawn Masses at the International Shrine of Our Lady of Peace and Good Voyage in Antipolo, Philippines on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. Filipinos attend the Masses before Christmas as part of traditional Filipino practice in this largely Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) 
A Nativity scene depicting Christ’s birth with the figure symbolizing baby Jesus lying amid the rubble, a reference to the war in Gaza, inside the Evangelical Lutheran Christmas Church in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023. World-famous Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem have been put on hold due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) 
People walk in Manger Square, adjacent to the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023. World-famous Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem have been put on hold due to the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) 
Pakistani Christians hold candles during a Christmas celebration service, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) 
The replica of the golden rooster that long adorned Notre Dame cathedral’s spire is lifted into place as part of the cathedral’s restoration Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023, in Paris. The rooster’s return was a pivotal moment for the Paris landmark following the devastating fire in April 2019. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) 
Whirling dervishes of the Mevlevi order perform during a Sheb-i Arus ceremony in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. Every December events are held to commemorate the death of 13th century Islamic scholar, poet and Sufi mystic Jalaladdin Rumi in different cities of Turkey. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) 
North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski, left, the Orthodox Archbishop Stefan, center and Sasho Cvetkovski, member of the Academy of Sciences of North Macedonia, right, review icons returned from Albania at the National museum in Skopje, North Macedonia, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. Albania returned 20 icons to neighboring North Macedonia that were stolen a decade ago. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski) 
Hui ethnic minority residents pray as they bury victims of the earthquake in Yangwa village near Dahejia town in northwestern China’s Gansu province, Wednesday, Dec. 20, 2023. A strong overnight earthquake rattled the mountainous region, authorities said Tuesday, destroying homes, leaving residents out in a below-freezing winter night and killing many in the nation’s deadliest quake in nine years. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) 
Orthodox Church of Ukraine Chaplain Ivan conducts a sacred liturgy for Ukrainian servicemen, on the frontline near Vuhledar, Ukraine, Friday, Dec. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Valentyn Kuzan) 
Pope Francis blows out a candle on a cake as he celebrates his birthday with assistance from children during an audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Sunday, Dec. 17, 2023. Pope Francis turns 87 on Dec.17. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Archival Photos 
Snow blankets a church in Charleston, West Virginia, circa 1955. (RNS archive photo by Frank Wilkin. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) 
Father Christmas arrives at the Edaville Railroad depot via handcar in South Carver, Massachusetts, in 1973. With ruddy cheeks from working the pump trolley, Santa Claus arrived just ahead of the railroad’s Christmas Festival special. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) | 
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