Iraqi children look on December 24, 2014 at a Nativity scene displayed in a tent erected in the grounds of the Mar Elias Chaldean Catholic Church in Arbil, where Iraqi Christians who fled the violence in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul have sought refuge in the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. For many faithful across the region, the Christmas festivities will be tinged with sadness following a year of bloodshed marked by a surge in the persecution of Christians that has drawn international condemnation. AFP PHOTO / SAFIN HAMED (Photo credit should read SAFIN HAMED/AFP/Getty Images)
