Let there be light ... Christmas lights around the world

clipped from www.guardian.co.uk The light projection by Hélène Richard and Jean-Michel Quesne, aka Skertzo, of a giant stained glass window on to Le Mans Saint-Julien cathedral in western France clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Christmas tree in front the Mohammed al-Amin Mosque in downtown Beirut, Lebanon clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Gouda, Netherlands clipped from www.guardian.co.uk The Old Town Square in Prague, Czech Republic, ablaze with light from its Christmas markets clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Syntagma Square in Athens clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Images by Austrian artist Kurt Hentschlager are projected below the glass roof of the Grand Palais in Paris clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Nicaragua clipped from www.guardian.co.uk clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Champs-Élysées avenue in Paris clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Philippines clipped from www.guardian.co.uk non-traditional Christmas light installation Brussels clipped from www.guardian.co.uk New York clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Beijing clipped from www.guardian.co.uk interact with light-projected portraits from a video art installation in Trafalgar Square, London clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Warsaw, Poland clipped from www.guardian.co.uk Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo clipped from www.guardian.co.uk the Piazza di Spagna in Rome, clipped from www.guardian.co.uk The facade of Paris's Grand Palais is lit by Scottish artist Charles Sandison as part of the Dans la nuit, des images