TOPSHOTS People wave flags as they gather at the Manger Square, outside the Church of the Nativity, where Pope Francis will preside over an open-air Holy mass on May 25, 2014 in the West Bank Biblical town of Bethlehem. Pope Francis is expected to begin in Bethlehem the most sensitive part of his three-day Middle East tour aimed at forging regional peace and easing an age-old rift within Christianity. AFP PHOTO / THOMAS COEX