With a bit more than a week left until Christmas, illuminated displays, parades, and colorful markets are lighting up the night. From the Americas to Europe, Asia, and elsewhere, gathered below is a collection of holiday cheer and light wrapped up in 28 photographs.
The Lights of Christmas 2022
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![A child leans on a railing looking at illuminated Christmas decorations in front of a house.]()
Read moreChristmas lights and ornaments are viewed outside a home in the Dyker Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City on December 6, 2022. #
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![People look up at a light display shaped like a Christmas tree with a large star on top.]()
Read moreA group of people enjoy a Christmas light display at Monserrate Hill in Bogotá, Colombia, on December 7, 2022. #
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![A crowd of people stands and looks at bright holiday decorations hanging nearby.]()
Read morePeople visit a Christmas light show in Makati, a city in Metro Manila, Philippines, on December 13, 2022. #
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![Two people dressed as Santa Claus ride on a motorcycle decorated with lights.]()
Read moreMotorcycle fans dressed as Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus ride near Charlottenburg Palace during the 25th annual "Santa Claus On Road" bike tour to deliver gifts to the needy in Berlin, on December 10, 2022. #
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![A large crowd inside a cathedral watches as people walk through the aisles with candles.]()
Read moreThe interior of Salisbury Cathedral is illuminated by candles during the annual "darkness to light" Advent procession on November 25, 2022, in Salisbury, England. #
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![A person walks through a dark room as shafts of multicolored light are displayed around them]()
Read moreA woman walks past an artificial aurora-borealis light show, displayed as part of the Christmas festivities at a theme park in Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia, on December 8, 2022. #
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![A city street is lit by many bright decorations and pillars.]()
Read moreChristmas illuminations light up Málaga's city center, in Andalusia, southern Spain, on November 27, 2022. #
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![People stand outside and take photographs of a home that is densely covered with bright Christmas decorations.]()
Read moreChristmas lights and ornaments are viewed outside a home in Dyker Heights, Brooklyn, on December 6, 2022. #
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![A person walks beneath illuminated arches in front of a cathedral.]()
Read moreA pedestrian walks past Christmas decorations near the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, in central Moscow, on December 13, 2022. #
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![A person dressed as a Christmas tree walks across a crosswalk in New York City]()
Read moreTommy Liberto, a.k.a. Mr. Christmas Tree, visiting from Bel Air, Maryland, walks near Radio City Music Hall on December 14, 2022, in New York City. #
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![Lights illuminate a traditional Christmas Market with a merry-go-round.]()
Read moreLights illuminate the traditional Christmas Market with a merry-go-round, in Frankfurt, Germany, on November 21, 2022. #
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![A person sings, standing before an orchestra.]()
Read moreSusan Sawe, a vocalist at the Nairobi Philharmonic Orchestra, performs Christmas carols at the Galleria shopping mall in Nairobi, Kenya, on December 11, 2022. #
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![People walk beneath an arch made of strings of light.]()
Read morePeople walk around holiday-decoration exhibits during the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Lightscape event in New York City on November 16, 2022. #
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![A brightly-lit boat made up to look like Santa's sleigh moves past on a river.]()
Read moreDecorated boats line up on the Potomac River for the annual Boat Parade of Lights on December 3, 2022, in Alexandria, Virginia. #
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![A person takes a photograph of a woman standing in front of a brightly-lit tree.]()
Read moreA woman has her photograph taken with illuminated trees in Tokyo on December 4, 2022. #
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![Fireworks light up the sky behind an illuminated spire.]()
Read morePeople watch from a nearby hotel as the Christmas lights at the Country Club Plaza shopping district are switched on amid fireworks on November 24, 2022, in Kansas City, Missouri. #
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![Children pose on top of a light installation at a Christmas fair.]()
Read moreChildren pose on a light installation at a Christmas fair in Bucharest, Romania, on November 25, 2022. #
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![A man dressed as Santa Claus pretends to light a Christmas tree with a large sparking device.]()
Read moreA man dressed as Santa Claus lights a Christmas tree on City Hall Square in Copenhagen, Denmark, on November 27, 2022. #
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![An elevated view of a large crowd of people in a city plaza surrounding a brightly-lit Christmas tree]()
Read morePeople attend a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony on Aristotelous Square, in Thessaloniki, Greece, on December 7, 2022. #
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![People light candles inside a church.]()
Read moreAn Ethiopian woman and her child visit the Church of the Nativity, traditionally believed to be the birthplace of Jesus Christ, in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, on December 3, 2022. #
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![Christmas decorations cover a house's walkway and railings.]()
Read moreChristmas lights and ornaments are seen outside a home in Brooklyn on December 6, 2022. #
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![A nighttime view of a European city street decorated with many bright ornaments.]()
Read moreMembers of the public walk through decorated streets on December 13, 2022, in Košice, Slovakia. #
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![A view of the top of a large Christmas tree standing in front of a city building.]()
Read moreThe Christmas tree is lit at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City, on November 30, 2022. #
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![A man is silhouetted against Christmas lights reflected off a pond.]()
Read moreA man is silhouetted against Christmas lights reflected off a pond as he visits a park in Lenexa, Kansas, on December 4, 2022. #
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![A large crowd watches fireworks erupt near a Christmas tree in a city square.]()
Read morePeople gather during a Christmas tree-lighting ceremony in Byblos, Lebanon, on December 8, 2022. #
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![People walk among brightly-lit Christmas trees in a garden.]()
Read moreMembers of the public move through the "Digital Christmas Forest" at the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, Australia, on December 9, 2022. #
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![People walk past a large house completely decorated by bright lights.]()
Read morePeople walk in front of traditional Christmas lights in Medellín, Colombia, on December 8, 2022. #
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![Four people look up at a Christmas tree-shaped light installation.]()
Read morePeople look up at a Christmas tree at the Lightopia Festival at Crystal Palace Park, in London, on November 17, 2022. #
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