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A photo taken on December 3, 2020 shows the freshly decorated giant Christmas tree set up in front of the Church of the Nativity compound, built on the site where Christians believe Jesus was born, in the Palestinian holy city of Bethlehem in the West Bank . - Bethlehem is preparing to celebrate the Christmas season under Covid-19 restrictions without the mass of believers and tourists who are usually coming to participate in the annual celebrations. Before the pandemic, dozens of buses carrying pilgrims and other visitors would converge on the city each day from nearby Jerusalem through the towering Israeli-built grey concrete wall that encircles the West Bank. (Photo by Emmanuel DUNAND / AFP) (Photo by EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)