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Christmas is in the air – TV channels

By Virginia A. Calvo


It’s Christmas season, a time to celebrate with loved ones and to share the joys of life. This week’s photos, compiled by channeltv.comSodiq Adelakun’s photo editor tries to capture the Christmas spirit.

Two goats are seen on a bus heading south-eastern Nigeria to Abuja-Keffi Park ahead of the Christmas holidays in Abuja on December 24, 2021. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun.
People prepare to spend Christmas Eve sleeping in a makeshift IDP camp at Mukuru Kwa Njenga in Nairobi on December 24, 2021. – Thousands of people in the informal settlement of Mukuru Kwa Njenga have seen their homes demolished without warning in November 2021, to make way for a toll road known as the Nairobi Expressway. (Photo by Ed Ram / AFP)
Civil Defense volunteers help pull a car out of flood waters following heavy rains at Muno market in Sungai Kolok district, Narathiwat province, southern Thailand, December 20, 2021 . – (Photo by Madaree TOHLALA / AFP)
Mahouts and their elephants pose for the children during Christmas celebrations at Jirasart Witthaya School in Ayutthaya on December 24, 2021. (Photo by Jack TAYLOR / AFP)
Jose Ivanildo da Silva, a disabled Brazilian sitting on a skateboard, asks for help with his family and projects for children in need dressed as Santa Claus in Brasilia, December 23, 2021 (Photo by Sergio Lima / AFP)
A Palestinian protester throws a burning tire at Israeli security forces during clashes following a protest against the return of Jewish settlers to their neighborhood in the village of Burqah in the occupied West Bank, near the outpost illegal Israeli from Homesh, December 23, 2021. – Palestinian men are suspected by the IDF of firing at least 10 bullets at a car on December 16, killing Yehuda Dimentman, a 25-year-old religious student and injuring two comrades as they exited Homesh, an illegal outpost in Northwest Bank. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
A pastor speaks to people whose homes were demolished as they prepare to spend Christmas Eve sleeping in a makeshift IDP camp at Mukuru Kwa Njenga in Nairobi on December 24, 2021. – Thousands of People in the informal Mukuru Kwa Njenga neighborhood saw their homes demolished without warning in November 2021, to make way for the construction of a toll road known as the Nairobi Expressway. (Photo by Ed Ram / AFP)
A woman kisses a man dressed as Santa Claus during a Christmas meal distribution organized by the NGO Central Única das Favelas (CUFA) in the slum area of ​​Penha Complex, commonly known as Alemao Complex, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on December 23, 2021. – A total of 1,500 Chirstima meals were distributed as part of this action. (Photo by DANIEL RAMALHO / AFP)
A child runs towards Mohamed Maarouf, 28, as he walks with a bag of gifts while dressed in a Saint Nicholas (Father Christmas) costume in a slum near the center of the city of Basra, in the south of the ‘Iraq, December 24, 2021 (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)
Mohamed Maarouf, 28, walks with a bag of gifts in Saint Nicholas (Father Christmas) costume in a slum near the center of the city of Basra in southern Iraq on December 24, 2021 (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)
People take photos of a giant Christmas tree at Christmas in the West Kowloon Cultural District in Hong Kong on December 25, 2021. (Photo by Bertha WANG / AFP)
People look at the boxes of expired AstraZeneca Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine destroyed at the Gosa landfill in Abuja, Nigeria on December 22, 2021. According to the National Agency for Administration and Control Food and Drug Administration (NAFDAC) Along with the National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), one million sixty-six thousand two hundred and fourteen (1,066,214) doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine that expired in November have been destroyed. Photo: Sodiq Adelakun
Planes from the Italian Air Force’s aerobatic unit Frecce Tricolori (tricolor arrows) spray smoke in the colors of the Italian flag as they perform over Alta Badia in the Dolomites, on December 19, 2021 as part of the men’s giant slalom event at the FIS Ski World Cup. (Photo by Tiziana FABI / AFP)
Supporters of Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric celebrate after the official results of the second round of the presidential election in Santiago on December 19, 2021. – With more than 99% of the ballots counted, left-wing lawmaker Gabriel Boric, 35 , became the youngest Chilean president in history at the top with 55.86 percent against 44 percent for his far-right rival Jose Antonio Kast, the Servel website reported, with a star to indicate the winner. (Photo by MAURO PIMENTEL / AFP)
Arianespace’s Ariane 5 rocket with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on board rises from the launch pad at the European Spaceport, the Guyanese Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, December 25, 2021. – The telescope, the most powerful space observatory ever built, is now tentatively scheduled for launch on Christmas Day, after decades of waiting. A marvel of engineering, it will help answer fundamental questions about the Universe, going back 13 billion years. (Photo by jody amiet / AFP)
Olimpia supporters celebrate after winning the Honduran Football League after defeating Real Espana at Morazan Stadium in San Pedro Sula, Honduras on December 23, 2021. (Photo by Orlando SIERRA / AFP)

Freedivers dressed in Saint Nicholas (Father Christmas) costumes pose for a photo as they are submerged underwater off the coast of the northern Lebanese city of Batroun on Christmas Eve, the 24th. December 2021. (Photo by Ibrahim CHALHOUB / AFP

A Palestinian dressed as Santa Claus gestures as he rides a camel in Jerusalem’s Old City during Christmas celebrations on December 23, 2021. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
TOPSHOT – A climber dressed as Santa Claus descends a building of a pediatric clinic in Ljubljana on December 22, 2021. (Photo by Jure Makovec / AFP)
Migrants heading in a caravan to the United States wait for buses at the “Pilgrim’s House San Juan Diego” in Mexico City on December 22, 2021. – Migrants from Central America will be transported to the cities of Monterrey, Juarez and Hermosillo. There, with the help of the authorities of the National Migration Institute, they can continue with their immigration procedures and can wait to enter the United States. (Photo by ALFREDO ESTRELLA / AFP)
This aerial photograph taken on December 22, 2021 shows the eruption of the Piton de la Fournaise volcano on Reunion Island, in the French Indian Ocean. – The Piton de la Fournaise, the volcano in Réunion, erupted for the second time of the year on December 22 at 3:30 a.m. (12:30 p.m. in Paris), indicates the volcanological observatory. At least three eruptive cracks have opened on the southern flank of the volcano within the enclosure (the volcano’s central caldera), vulcanologists noted. The eruption takes place in a completely uninhabited area. (Photo by Richard BOUHET / AFP)
Chilean President-elect Gabriel Boric waves to his supporters after delivering a speech in Santiago on December 19, 2021. Right-wing rival in a polarizing race. Boric, 35, collected nearly 56% of the vote against 44% for the ultra-conservative José Antonio Kast, who congratulated the “president-elect” on Twitter even before the final result was known. (Photo by MARTIN BERNETTI / AFP)
Aerial view showing indigenous people burying the victims of a weekend massacre that took place in the nearby village of Chiquix, at the municipal cemetery of Chiquisis, in the municipality of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, on December 20, 2021. – Thirteen people, including four children, were killed in the attack, part of a long-standing land dispute between members of the K’iche Mayan community from the neighboring municipalities of Nahuala and Santa Catarina Ixtahaucan. (Photo by Carlos ALONZO / AFP)
An aerobatic team performs over Qatar’s capital, Doha, as the Gulf State celebrates its national day on December 18, 2021. – Qatar marks the anniversary of the unification of the United Nations on December 18 each year. tribes of the country in 1878, also known as “Founders Day”. (Photo by AFP)
A man sits on the hood of a car as he waits to be evacuated by a rescue team in Shah Alam, Selangor on December 20, 2021, as Malaysia faces some of its worst flooding in decades. years. (Photo by Arif KARTONO / AFP)
This photo taken on December 20, 2021 shows a view of a rainbow in the sky over the Israeli settlement of Eli, south of Nablus in the occupied West Bank. (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)
Farmers shout slogans as they block train tracks at a protest demanding compensation and jobs for the families of those who died in protests against central government agricultural reforms and other economic problems in the village by Devi Dasspura on the outskirts of Amritsar on December 20, 2021. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP)
A man clings to barriers while waiting to be evacuated by a rescue team in Shah Alam, Selangor, on December 20, 2021, as Malaysia faces some of its worst flooding in years. (Photo by Arif KARTONO / AFP)
A man mourns the coffin of one of those killed in the village of Chiquix, during a ceremony in Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan, Guatemala, on December 20, 2021. – At least 13 people have been killed in western Guatemala, including women, children and a police officer, in a long-standing land dispute between indigenous villages, police said on Saturday. (Photo by Johan ORDONEZ / AFP)
Supporters of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) celebrate the party’s victory in the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) election near the residence of West Bengal Indian Chief Minister and TMC leader Mamata Banerjee in Calcutta on December 21 2021. (Photo by DIBYANGSHU SARKAR / AFP)
Red Cross volunteers board a United Nations Mission in DR Congo (MONUSCO) armored vehicle to protect themselves from bullets in an attack by Codeco militiamen as they attempt to bury the bodies of those killed in Dhedja on December 19, 2021, 60 kilometers from Bunia, the provincial capital of Ituri in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. – Since the end of November, at least 100 people have been killed by militiamen in this area. Due to insecurity and the presence of militiamen, no one was able to bury the bodies in Dhedja. For two years, thousands of armed men in the Ituri hills have attacked villages, IDP camps and military positions on behalf of the Cooperative for the Development of Congo, Codeco, an armed group structured around a religious sect. They claim to defend the interests of the Lendu tribe against the army and the Hema tribe. (Photo by ALEXIS HUGUET / AFP)
An airport worker walks through the rubble of a building destroyed in a Saudi-led coalition airstrike targeting the international airport in Sana’a, the Yemeni capital held by the Houthi rebels, on 21 December 2021. (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS / AFP)
Babalawo Abel Ramirez (left) holds a Yoruba -ethny from sub-Saharan Africa- ceremony to feed the Earth alongside parents and godchildren in Havana on December 20, 2021. – Access to food is a spinal problem in Cuba. As parliament discusses how to produce more, a Yoruba believer makes offerings to Mother Earth in search of abundance and health. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP)
A family displays signs as they beg for alms along a highway in Surigao town, Surigao del Norte province, on December 25, 2021, more than a week after Super Typhoon Rai struck devastated the province. (Photo by Ferdinandh CABRERA / AFP)


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