An Iraqi soldier lights candles during Christmas celebrations at the al-Tahira al-Kubra church in the formerly IS held town of al-Hamdaniya, some 13km east of Mosul, Iraq, 25 December 2016. Hundreds of Iraqi Christians held their prayers at a church in the recently recaptured town of Hamdaniya, for the first time since 2014, with the attendance of the US-led coalition officers and senior Iraqi officers. (Photo by Ahmed Jalil/EPA)
