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Residents of an old people's home in Kaiserslautern in Germany were enjoying Christmas Eve on Thursday (December 24) despite not being able to receive visits from their loved ones due to coronavirus rules. Nurses and carers were determined to give them a proper Christmas Eve celebration.

Old people's home residents get a proper Christmas Eve despite COVID

People looking for a bit of Christmas merriment in the Colombian capital might find it in an unexpected place: the front seat of a taxi, in the form of a costumed canine co-pilot.

Colombian taxi driver and canine co-pilot spread Christmas cheer

An Athens orchestra performed Christmas songs from an open top bus on Thursday, traveling around neighborhoods in the city, to the delight of local residents.

Orchestra brings festive cheer to Athens

A fan of the fictional comic book superhero says the year 2020 needs Batman, not Santa Claus to save it from the coronavirus pandemic and spread cheer this holiday season.

'The world in 2020 needs Batman' - Egyptian enthusiast in cosplay

The San Callisto Church in the Trastevere neighbourhood of the Italian capital has been outfitted with 15 cubicles each with a bed and a nightstand. The church which has opened its doors to house the homeless.

Rome church opens its doors to the homeless

Since April, Leonid Krasner, 59, spends most of his days as a volunteer in a Moscow hospital helping patients treated from COVID-19 with their daily routines. Every time before entering the hospital's red zone, Krasner decorates his protective suit with colourful drawings - to brighten up a day for those suffering with the infection.

Disposable art: volunteer paints protective suits in COVID hospital to cheer up patients

Iraq's largest Christmas tree has gone up in the capital's Al-Zaura theme park to celebrate Christmas and the three-year anniversary of the defeat of the Islamic State (IS) group.

Christmas tree in Baghdad to celebrate diversity

Christmas is a little different in Brazil for Jose Ivanildo Leandro da Silva, who is dressed as Santa as he looks to overcome mobility and poverty barriers in the capital Brasilia. Da Silva is disabled and gets about on his skateboard, skirting between traffic to ask for donations for the neediest children of Brazil's capital.

Disabled Santa in Brazil highlights mobility barriers this Christmas

A hospital in Rome decided to gift children with the most precious of presents in this social-distanced Christmas: a plastic tent allowing them to feel the human heat again, safe from coronavirus infection.

Children in hospital feel the warmth of a hug again - even if through a plastic tent

Authorities in Colombia are urging citizens to make Christmas a low-key affair as coronavirus cases surge. Government officials in the Andean country, which surpassed 1.5 million confirmed cases on Sunday (December 20), have repeatedly warned against large Christmas gatherings and crowds as cases have ticked up following the start of the holiday season.

New coronavirus restrictions put Colombia's Christmas on ice

Dogs trained to detect COVID-19 by sniffing people's sweat were debuted in Chile's international airport on Tuesday. The coronavirus-sniffing canines are part of Chile government's alternative, quick and cost-effective method of identifying travelers infected with the virus.

COVID-19 sniffing dogs to be used in Chile aiport

As Christmas nears, Parisians said their spirits were lifted by festive lights and street decorations on Tuesday (December 22) despite the coronavirus pandemic.

Christmas in Paris: City of Light - locals feel festive despite COVID-19

Near the wreckage of Beirut's port, a charity is bringing Christmas cheer to a city hammered by a devastating explosion, rising coronavirus infections and the worst economic crisis since Lebanon's 1975-1990 civil war.

'Glimmer of hope': Beirut seeks Christmas cheer after devastating year

Christmas arrived early in central Thailand on Wednesday (December 23), with elephants wearing Santa hats and giant face masks handing out masks to primary school students.

Elephants hand out Christmas cheer and face masks to Thai students

Every holiday season thousands of children rush to Portugal's largest indoor shopping mall in Lisbon to sit on Santa's lap and ask for gifts, but coronavirus changed Father Christmas' plans this year.

Father Christmas greets Portuguese children online

Four sisters in Wiesbaden used the spring coronavirus lockdown creatively, inventing a family board-game called 'Corona - the rush to the shops', a game that has now been taken on by retailers.

Sisters' coronavirus board game lifts the Christmas mood in Germany

Hebrew Home has had a pet therapy program for 20 years; tiny Zeus and gentle giant Marley the Great Dane are the current snugglers in residence. Now, the activities department is expanding the canine corps with two new recruits in training to give residents more of the affectionate physical contact that has become so scarce and precious in the coronavirus era.

Dogs provide love at nursing home during pandemic

Two robots designed to look and act like a male and female clerks began work in a public services centre in Moscow on Monday (December 21). Both humanoids, named Alex and Dasha, welcome customers at the centre in the north-eastern part of Russian capital.

Robot workers amuse visitors in Moscow public service centre

Large crowds of Pakistanis dressed as Santas marched from the Christian cemetery in Karachi to the Press Club on Sunday (December 20), with some wearing masks as the coronavirus continues to plague the country.

Pakistanis of different faiths gather for pre-Christmas festivities amid coronavirus concerns

Pop star and creator of Pakistan's popular animated TV series "Burka Avenger" has launched a song inspired by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, which highlights the issues of racial inequality.

Pop star and creator of Pakistan's "Burka Avenger" tackles racism with song

Santa Claus walked the streets of Guarenas on the outskirts of Venezuela's capital Caracas this weekend, giving children gifts ranging from bread to donated clothes and toys at a time when the country is struggling with the coronavirus pandemic and an economic collapse.

Santa gives food to poor hit by pandemic and recession in Venezuela

Inspiration for high fashion can come from strange places. For one Taiwanese designer, it's upcycling old wires and bolts from the power industry. Wang Li-ling, 36, scours dumps, picking up old bits of metal and wires from Taiwan's main electricity supplier to add extra flair to her clothes.

Lights! Models! Garbage! Taiwan designer turns waste into fashion

Santa Claus has come to town on the back of a fire truck in the Colombian city of Medellin. The city's local firefighters donned on Santa Claus costumes and headed to a local hospital to spread a little Christmas cheer.

Santa's helpers: firefighters spread Christmas joy to Colombia hospital

Harley Davidson bikers dressed in Santa Claus costumes rode through the streets of central Tokyo on Sunday (December 20) for their annual parade against child abuse, saying more children were vulnerable in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Santas on bikes parade through downtown Tokyo against child abuse

Orchids are not often called ugly, but that is how the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew, London, described a new species of the normally vibrant and delicate flower discovered in the forests of Madagascar.

An orchid only a botanist could love

Christmas has gone to the dogs in Peru. A stream of pampered pooches have donned on their festive best as part of a canine costume parade to help herald in the season.

It's Santa Paws. Peru's pooches put on canine Christmas parade

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