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Bogota, Dec 7 (EFE).- Colombians Monday celebrated the traditional Little Candles Day on the streets of Bogota, although some other cultural activities of this holiday were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The Day of the Little Candles is celebrated annually in Colombia on Dec.7, marking the eve of the Immaculate Conception in Christianity and the beginning of the Christmas season in the country. (Camera: JUAN DIEGO LOPEZ).SHOT LIST: PEOPLE LIGHT CANDLES DURING LITTLE CANDLES DAY AT BOLIVAR SQUARE IN BOGOTA, COLOMBIA.
Tearful Iraqis gather in the Baghdad district of Karrada to hold a candlelight vigil for the victims of two bombings that left over 100 people dead and 200 more wounded. Subtitled Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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
Images showing people lighting candles at a makeshift memorial in front of the main building of Charles University, Prague, after a 24-year-old student killed 14 people and wounded 25, in the Czech Republic's worst shooting in decades, before authorities said the attacker was "eliminated". IMAGES
EU leaders arrive at the palace of Versailles, near Paris, on the second day of a crisis summit to address the fallout of Russia's invasion of its pro-Brussels neighbour. IMAGES