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Helicopters and explosions can be seen along the Israel-Gaza border as Israel continues to pound Gaza, exacerbating the dire conditions for civilians with no end in sight to the war Hamas says has killed more than 20,000 people in the Palestinian territory. IMAGES
Images show Pope Francis stepping onto the balcony of St.Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to deliver his annual Christmas Day "Urbi and Orbi" mass. During his speech, he called for an end to "to every war, to the very mindset of war, an aimless voyage, a defeat without victors, an inexcusable folly". IMAGES
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva poses for a family photo with leaders of countries attending the Amazon Cooperation Treaty Organization (ACTO) summit in Belem, in Northern Brazil. The eight countries have agreed to launch an alliance to fight deforestation in the Amazon, vowing to stop the world's biggest rainforest from reaching "a point of no return." IMAGES
Actors picket outside the HBO and Amazon headquarters in New York City, as the Screen Actors Guild begins to strike after negotiations to reach a new contract with production studios ended without an agreement. IMAGES