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The Rev Sam Wells

War baby reminds us of what Christmas really means

Marianna Vishegirskaya walks downstairs in of a maternity hospital damaged by shelling in Mariupol

(Picture: AP)

Your classic nativity scene has Mary and Joseph, a baby in a manger and animals choreographed in an arc around them. There may be shepherds, including a child with a lamb, and even wise men bearing expertly-encased gifts.

The photograph I’m looking at as I write this is a different kind of nativity scene. It depicts Mariupol, on the Sea of Azov, at the south-eastern corner of Ukraine, in March.

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