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Easter around the globe
38 ImagesHow Christians are celebrating Easter around the globe.
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Members of the Danza Azteca de Anahuac performance group walk through the grounds at El Santuario de Chimayo in New Mexico. Thousands of people walk to the little chapel over Easter weekend where, they believe, the dirt inside holds the power to heal.Credit:Reuters
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Archbishop Vinyamin of Vladivostok and Primorski region throws painted traditional eggs during an Orthodox midnight Easter service in the Pokrovsky Cathedral, Vladivostok.Credit:Reuters
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Christian pilgrims, during the Holy Fire ceremony in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. The Holy Fire ceremony is part of Orthodox Easter rituals and the flame symbolises the resurrection of Christ.Credit:AP
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Penitents flagellate themselves during a procession in Calabria, southern Italy. The procession is part of the Rito dei Vattienti, when a statue of the Addolorata is carried in a procession.Credit:AFP
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Easter Vigil mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI Faithful gather in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican.Credit:AP
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Members of Sydney's Tongan community celebrate Easter at the King Taufa Ahau Tupau IV Memorial Church in Glendenning.Credit:Peter Rae
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Outside a church in Manila, Catholic devotees attend the procession of the image of the Risen Christ during "Salubong at Pasko ng Pagkabuhay" (Easter Vigil and Feast of the Resurrection), a local tradition representing the meeting of the Risen Christ and Mother Mary on the dawn of Easter Sunday.Credit:Reuters
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Macedonian Orthodox believers hold candles outside a church during a midnight Easter service in Skopje.Credit:AFP
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Pope Shenuda III, head of the Egyptian Coptic Orthodox Church, leads the Easter midnight mass at the Coptic Cathedral of Saint Mark in Cairo.Credit:AFP
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A woman is baptised by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu (left) and a minister in York, northern England, as part of a day-long Easter celebration.Credit:Reuters
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Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli, the Vatican's non-resident representative to Vietnam, greets Catholics after attending Easter Sunday Mass in Hanoi.Credit:Reuters
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Joe Sanchez hangs on the cross during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus by Our Lady of Sorrows Church outside El Santuario de Chimayo in Chimayo, New Mexico.Credit:Reuters
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High school students represent scenes from the facade of the Sagrada Familia Church located in Barcelona, Spain, during a Good Friday celebration along the shore of a pond in Tanarandy Mission, in eastern Paraguay.Credit:Reuters
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Penitents take part at "Signuri di li Fasci" Good Friday procession in Pietraperzia, a small town in central sicily near Caltanissetta.Credit:AFP
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A Russian Orthodox priest blesses cakes and colored eggs during an Orthodox Easter ceremony at a church in Moscow.Credit:AFP
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Worshippers gather in the rotunda of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the sites where Christians believe Christ was crucified and buried, to light their candles from the 'Holy Fire' on the eve of Easter Sunday in Jerusalem's Old City.Credit:AFP
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Penitents of 'La O' brotherhood walk to their church under the rain during the Holy Week in Seville.Credit:AFP
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Penitents wait inside the Royal Palace to start the procession of the 'Santisimo Cristo de los Alabarderos' brotherhood during Holy Week in Madrid.Credit:Reuters
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Worshippers gather in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built over the sites where Christians believe Christ was crucified and buried, to light their candles from the 'Holy Fire' on the eve of Easter Sunday in Jerusalem's Old City.Credit:AFP
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An "empalao" male penitent takes part in the Good Friday's procession along a street of Taxco, Guerrero state, Mexico.Credit:AFP
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An "empalao" man takes part in the Good Friday procession along a street of Taxco, Guerrero state, Mexico.Credit:AFP PHOTO/ALFREDO ESTRELLA
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Devotees gather at the Colosseum during the Way of the Cross, held by Pope Benedict XVI in Rome, Italy.Credit:Getty Images
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People dressed as Roman soldiers drag a man portraying Judas during a Good Friday procession through the streets of Masatepe, Nicaragua.Credit:Reuters
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Penitents carry a statue representing the dead Christ in a Good Friday procession in Civitavecchia, north of Rome.Credit:Reuters
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Penitents walk surrounded by incense smoke in a procession on Good Friday in Guatemala City.Credit:Reuters
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Inmates watch as a fellow inmate plays the part of Jesus Christ during the staging of the Passion of Jesus at the Reclusorio Oriente prison in Mexico City.Credit:AP
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People carry a cross during a Via Crucis, Way of Cross, on Good Friday in Bogota, Colombia.Credit:AP
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Migrants cross from the roof of a wagon to another, as they participate in the "Migrant's Via Crusis" in Ixtepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico.Credit:AFP
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People dressed as Roman soldiers drag a man portraying Jesus Christ during a Good Friday procession through the streets of Masatepe, Nicaragua.Credit:Reuters
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A Roman Catholic devotee, is nailed to a cross during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Paombong, Bulacan, north of Manila, Philippines.Credit:AFP
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Penitents walk with the statue of "The Veronica" during the procession during a Holy Week procession in Popayan, Colombia.Credit:AFP
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Pope Benedict XVI attends the Paschal Triduum Mass of the Last Supper at the St. John Basilica in Rome, Italy.Credit:Getty Images
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Members of the Spanish Legion match during a Holy Week procession in Malaga, southern Spain.Credit:AFP
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Penitents take part in the Cristo de la Sangre procession during the Holy Week in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.Credit:AFP
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Members of the Spanish Legion carry a statue of the Christ of the Good Death to the Santo Domingo de Guzman Church in Malaga, southern SpainCredit:AFP
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A Roman Catholic devotee, is nailed to a cross during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Paombong, Bulacan, north of Manila, Philippines.Credit:AFP
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A penitent from the Los Santos Varones Union y Mortaja brotherhoold carries a lantern during a procession in La Laguna, Tenerefie in Spain's Canary Islands.Credit:Reuters
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Devoted watch and take pictures of a penitent nailed on a cross during Good Friday Lenten rites in Cutud, San Fernando Pampanga in the northern Philippines.Credit:Reuters
