Photos of the day – December 8, 2015

A bishop takes a photo of Pope Francis as he celebrates Mass ahead of the opening of the Holy Door of the Basilica, formally starting the Holy Year of Mercy, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican; people walk past an image of a menorah, the Hebrew name for the candleholder used during the Jewish holiday of Hanukah, that is projected on a wall surrounding Jerusalem's Old City; and Jesse Hughes and Julian Dorio, members of the band Eagles of Death Metal, mourn in front of the Bataclan concert hall to pay tribute to the shooting victims in Paris. These are some of the photos of the day.

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