Today in Photos (Dec. 25)

View a gallery of photos from around the world on Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.

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Fri., Dec. 25, 2015

Tourists watch the Christmas Day sunrise behind Diamond Head from Waikiki Beach in Honolulu on Dec. 25, 2015. Hawaii’s tourism agency is starting an online video campaign to promote to locals the benefits of tourism.

J. David Ake Associated Press
A rare Christmas Day full moon passes behind the palm trees in Honolulu, Friday, Dec 25, 2015. The last full moon to occur on Christmas Day was in 1977.
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II shelters under an umbrella as she leaves, after attending the British royal family's traditional Christmas Day church service at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Sandringham, England, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, takes Vezir Cakras by hand while speaking on his mobile phone inside his car stationed over the Bosporus Bridge in Istanbul, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. Erdogans office says the Turkish president has talked Cakras out of jumping off a bridge to commit suicide. Television footage on Friday showed Erdogans motorcade stopping over Istanbuls Bosporus Bridge where a man was apparently contemplating jumping off. An official from Erdogans office told the Associated Press that Vezir Cakras was depressed because of family issues.
Pope Francis delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) blessing from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015. Pope Francis is praying that recent U.N.-backed peace agreements for Syria and Libya will quickly end the suffering of their people while praising the generosity of those countries that have taken their refugees in.
A child takes advantage of the warm weather to swim in Lake Oconee, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, in Greensboro, Ga. Temperatures across the South and up the East Coast were unseasonably warm as the worst of severe storms passed.
John Godzieba, standing second from right, portraying Gen. George Washington, looks towards New Jersey from a Durham boat during a re-enactment of Washington's historic crossing of the Delaware River, Friday, Dec. 25, 2015, in Washington Crossing, Pa.