Around the world at Christmas 2015

1. A participant dressed as a clown jumps into the water at the start of the Nadal Cup swimming event in Barcelona, Spain, an annual Christmas event.

2. A Romanian Orthodox priest prepares to give the sacraments to a young boy during the Christmas Day Mass in Malaia village in Romania.

3. A young man plays frisbee in the English Gardens in Munich, Germany.

4. Members of the association 'Berliner Seehunde' (Berlin Seals) wear Christmas bathing gear as they take a dip in Lake Orankesee in Berlin, Germany. The Berlin Seals have been meeting since the early 1980s.

5. International travelers celebrate Christmas at South Melbourne Australia. Temperatures in Melbourne hit 95, the highest since 1998.

6. Iraqis take part in Christmas Eve Mass in the Albashara Church in a Christian refugee camp in Irbil, northern Iraq.

7. A young girl dressed as Father Christmas stands in the doorway of a building during an event in Amritsar, India.