Photos: Easter around the world
March 31, 2013
Worshippers dressed as angels participate in the Easter Sunday procession in the historic city of Ouro Preto in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares ( BRAZIL/ )
Skaters prepare their flamboyant rabbit costumes at Hyde Park, during the traditional Easter Bunny Stroll event in central London, Sunday March 31, 2013. The Easter skate extravaganza attracts some hundreds of skate enthusiasts for a fun event to herald in the summer skating season. (AP Photo/Yui Mok, PA) ( Britain Easter Bunny Stroll )
A girl wearing an angel costume wait for the start of a Good Friday procession in Masaya, Nicaragua, Friday, March 29, 2013. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) ( Nicaragua Good Friday )
A girl wearing an angel costume is carried during a Good Friday procession in Masaya, Nicaragua, Friday, March 29, 2013. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) ( Nicaragua Good Friday )
Joe Petitjean, with the West Side Nut Club, spreads eggs around for the third graders and special needs children before the 66th annual West Side Nut Club Easter Egg Hunt at Mater Dei High School on Saturday, March 30, 2013. Members of the West Side Nut Club filled more than 12,000 eggs with candy and prizes starting at 9 a.m. for the egg hunt that began at 1 p.m. (AP Photo/ The Courier & Press, Erin McCracken) ( Easter Egg Hunt )
Nuns walk during the Sunday Easter mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, March 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians Easter )
Davey Mitchello participates during the annual Easter Day procession on 5th Avenue March 31, 2013 in New York City. The annual festivities attracts hundreds of New Yorkers gathering in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral wearing colorful hats and costumes celebrating one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images) ( 165122468 )
An actor playing the role of Jesus Christ carries a cross during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at Playa Delfines (Dolphin Beach) on Good Friday in Cancun March 29, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia ( MEXICO/ )
A masked penitent from La Santa Vera Cruz brotherhood walks along the way taking part in an Easter procession known as 'Los Picaos' in the small village of San Vicente de la Sonsierra, northern Spain on Friday, March 29, 2013. Penitents, or disciplinants, take part on the procession lashing themselves as an act of faith and penance, a tradition dating from the early 16th century. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) ( APTOPIX Spain Holy Week )
Father Sebastian Rossouw O.M.I. sprinkes holy water on congregants during Easter services at Regina Mundi Catholic Church in the Soweto area March 31, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A central gathering place during he anti-apartheid struggle, the church held prayers for former South African President Nelson Mandela, 94, who is in the hospital for the third time since December with lung problems. Referring to Mandela by clan name, Madiba, President Jacob Zuma said, "We appeal to the people of South Africa and the world to pray for our beloved Madiba and his family and to keep them in their thoughts." Mandela's lungs were damaged when he contracted tuberculosis during his 27 years in the infamous Robben Island prison. Mandela became the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 following the end of apartheid. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ( 165120487 )
Congregants pray during Easter services at Regina Mundi Catholic Church in the Soweto area March 31, 2013 in Johannesburg, South Africa. A central gathering place during he anti-apartheid struggle, the church held prayers for former South African President Nelson Mandela, 94, who is in the hospital for the third time since December with lung problems. Referring to Mandela by clan name, Madiba, President Jacob Zuma said, "We appeal to the people of South Africa and the world to pray for our beloved Madiba and his family and to keep them in their thoughts." Mandela's lungs were damaged when he contracted tuberculosis during his 27 years in the infamous Robben Island prison. Mandela became the nation's first democratically elected president in 1994 following the end of apartheid. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) ( 165120663 )
Girls from the Garifuna ethnic people are dressed in white while participating in a procession to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week in Livingston, 350 km (217 miles) north east Guatemala City March 29, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. Garifuna are descendants of Carib and Arawak indians and West African slaves who settled along the Atlantic coast of Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua and Honduras after the British deported them from St. Vincent in the 18th century. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez ( GUATEMALA )
A reveler poses for pictures during the annual Easter Day procession on 5th Avenue March 31, 2013 in New York City. The annual festivities attracts hundreds of New Yorkers gathering in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral wearing colorful hats and costumes celebrating one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images) ( 165122467 )
A family arrives for the annual Easter Day procession on 5th Avenue March 31, 2013 in New York City. The annual festivities attracts hundreds of New Yorkers gathering in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral wearing colorful hats and costumes celebrating one of the holiest days in the Christian calendar. (Photo by Ramin Talaie/Getty Images) ( 165122464 )
A boy dressed up as a Roman soldier takes part in a Good Friday procession in San Antonio de Escazu, near San Jose. March 29, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Juan Carlos Ulate ( COSTARICA/ )
A resident watches actors and penitents taking part in a "Via Crucis" (Way of the Cross) procession, which commemorates Jesus Christ's crucifixion during Holy Week in Santo Domingo March 29, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/ Ricardo Rojas ( DOMINICAN/ )
A girl, dressed for the role of Saint Veronica, waits during a break between Good Friday religious ceremonies at the Morada de Talpa in Talpa, New Mexico March 29, 2013. A morada is an unsanctified chapel where the Hermanos, a centuries-old lay Catholic group of men in northern New Mexico, worship. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Brian Snyder ( USA/ )
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walk from the White House with their daughters Sasha Obama, second from left, and Malia Obama, right, on their way through Lafayette Park to St. John's Episcopal Church for Easter services, Sunday, March 31, 2013, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) ( Obama )
US President Barack Obama and his daughter Malia depart St. John's Episcopal Church after Easter Sunday Services March 29, 2013 in Washington, DC. AFP PHOTO/Jim WATSONJIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images ( 518573008 )
Members of Spain's royal family (L-R) Queen Sofia, Crown Prince Felipe, his daughters Infantas Leonor and Sofia and Princess Letizia, leave Palma de Mallorca's cathedral after attending an Easter mass in Palma de Mallorca March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Enrique Calvo ( SPAIN/ )
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh arrive for the Easter service at St George's Chapel in the grounds of Windsor Castle on March 31, 2013 in Windsor, England. (Photo by Paul Hackett - WPA Pool/Getty Images) ( 165119330 )
Adellese El-Mansouri, 1 1/2, Boise, keeps her game face while looking radiant in her Easter bonnet just prior to the Mix 106 Easter Egg Scramble Saturday March 30, 2013 at Julia Davis Park in Boise, Idaho. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Darin Oswald) ( Easter Egg Hunt )
Members of the Britannia Coconut dancers perform on the roadside near Bacup, northern England, March 30, 2013. The group, which can trace its origins to the mid-1800s, dance along the town's roads every Easter Saturday following a tradition to mark out the boundaries of the town. REUTERS/Phil Noble ( BRITAIN/ )
A boy from the Garifuna ethnic people, who is participating in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week, takes a shortcut to get back to the procession in Livingston, 350 km (217 miles) north east Guatemala City March 29, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. Garifuna are descendants of Carib and Arawak indians and West African slaves who settled along the Atlantic coast of Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua and Honduras after the British deported them from St. Vincent in the 18th century. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez ( GUATEMALA )
A Catholic nun holds a candle as Pope Francis presides over the Way of The Cross procession at the Colosseum on Good Friday March 29, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis is taking part in his first holy week as pontiff. The traditional Catholic procession of Via Crucis on Good Friday recalls the crucifixion of Jesus Christ with Holy Week ending with the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) ( 164944483 )
A man climbs a cross lit with flames for the Way of The Cross procession at the Colosseum on Good Friday March 29, 2013 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis is taking part in his first holy week as pontiff. The traditional Catholic procession of Via Crucis on Good Friday recalls the crucifixion of Jesus Christ with Holy Week ending with the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection on Easter Sunday. (Photo by Franco Origlia/Getty Images) ( 164944484 )
Roman Catholic faithful carry a cross during the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession during Holy Friday in Buenos Aires March 29, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Marcos Brindicci ( ARGENTINA/ )
Christians hold candles as they offer prayers to celebrate Easter outside a church in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad March 30, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. Picture taken March 30, 2013. REUTERS/Amit Dave ( INDIA/ )
Worshippers holding candles attend an Easter mass on the eve of Easter, at a Catholic church in Shenyang, Liaoning province, March 30, 2013. Picture taken March 30, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer ( CHINA/ )
South Korean Christians pray for peace on Korean peninsula and North Korea as North Korean national flag (3rd R) is seen among other countries' national flags during an annual Easter mass service at a church in Icheon, about 80 km (50 miles) southeast of Seoul March 31, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji ( KOREA/ )
A girl stands in front of crosses before a procession to celebrate Easter at a church in Icheon, about 80 km (50 miles) southeast of Seoul March 31, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji ( KOREA/ )
South Korean Christians holding crosses take part in a procession to celebrate annual Easter at a church in Icheon, about 80 km (50 miles) southeast of Seoul March 31, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. The banner reads "Jesus Christ was resurrected". REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji ( KOREA/ )
A statue of the Risen Christ is carried during an Easter Sunday procession as confetti streams down in Cospicua, outside Valletta March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi ( MALTA/ )
A Bosnian Catholic man shows eggs before an annual egg breaking competition after an Easter mass in Fojnica March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
Bosnian Catholics from two rival communities in central Bosnia take part in an annual egg breaking competition after an Easter mass in Fojnica March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic ( BOSNIA )
Worshippers dressed as angels walk on special carpets made from colored saw dust and flowers during an Easter Sunday procession in the historic city of Ouro Preto in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, March 31, 2013. The streets of Ouro Preto are decorated with carpets made of colored saw dust and flowers, arranged in patterns to represent Biblical stories, during Holy Week. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares ( BRAZIL/ )
A child dressed as an angel holds an umbrella as she attends the Easter Sunday procession in the historic city of Ouro Preto in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares ( BRAZIL/ )
Heidi Giannini, 4, picks up eggs and put them in her basket during the 66th annual West Side Nut Club Easter Egg Hunt at Mater Dei High School on Saturday, March 30, 2013 In Evansville, Ind. Children from pre-school to third grade collected more than 12,000 easter eggs filled with candy and prizes in less than a minute. (AP Photo/ The Courier & Press, Erin McCracken) ( Easter Egg Hunt )
Hands reach out to touch a person dressed as the Easter Bunny as people attend the Los Angeles Mission's Good Friday event on Skid Row on March 29, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. Celebrities and volunteers joined together in giving something back to this community of the homeless, among the largest in the US, who were fed a fully-prepared meal and had the opportunity to be given foot washing and hygiene kits. Foot washing, a symbolic ritual of humbleness and respect derived from Jesus Christ's washing of his disciples feet at the Last Supper, was offered by the Los Angeles Health Center and volunteers. AFP PHOTO/Frederic J. BROWN ( 518545357 )
Brogan Graham (L) kisses his girlfriend Goldie Kaufenbergh at the starting line of an Easter Fun Run put on by the November Project in Boston, Massachusetts March 31, 2013. The November Project is a free fitness community that hosts weekly workouts in Boston. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi ( USA/ )
Skaters dressed in flamboyant rabbit costumes leave their starting point at Hyde Park, during the traditional Easter Bunny Stroll charity event, in central London, Sunday March 31, 2013. The Easter skate extravaganza attracts some hundreds of skate enthusiasts for a fun event to herald in the summer skating season. (AP Photo/Yui Mok, PA) ( Britain Easter Bunny Stroll )
Actor representing Jesus Christ performs during a reconstruction of the Passion of the Christ on the Easter Saturday on March 30, 2013, in Ceska Lipa. AFP PHOTO/ MICHAL CIZEK ( 518555499 )
Slavic Sorb men ride on horses during a traditional Easter procession in Croswitz, eastern Germany, on March 31, 2013. Easter is a particularly important time of the year for Sorbs, a Slavic minority in eastern Germany. Many Sorbs still speak Sorbian, a language closely related to Polish and Czech. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images ( 518570876 )
Penitents of the "Las Siete Palabras" brotherhood take part in the procession of "La Soledad" during Holy Week in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, March 30, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Holy Week )
Penitents wearing capirote start their Holy Week procession of the Cofradia of Santo Entierro brotherhood on March 29, 2013 in Bercianos de Aliste near Zamora, Spain. The procession was finally stopped because of the rain. Easter week is traditionally celebrated with processions in most Spanish towns. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images) ( 164961516 )
A penitent walks along a street following a procession of "Santo Cristo" during Holy Week in Bercianos de Aliste, northern Spain, Friday, March 29, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) ( Spain Holy Week )
Pakistani Christian girls, display their hands decorated with Bangles and painted with Henna paste as they celebrate Easter holiday following a mass at in a Christian neighborhood in Islamabad, Pakistan, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pakistan's Christians, are celebrating Easter along with other Christian nations. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen) ( APTOPIX Pakistan Easter )
Children gather chocolate eggs during an Easter egg hunt on March 31, 2013. NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/AFP/Getty Images ( 518568993 )
Six-week-old twins Piper, left, and Penelope Richert are held by the Easter Bunny Friday, March 29, 2013 at Hurley Children's Hospital in Flint, Mich. Renay Gagleard, administrator of Women and Children's Services at Hurley, dressed as the Easter Bunny and visited kids in the Children's Hospital throughout the morning. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal, Jake May) ( Childrens Hospital Easter Bunny )
Young children attend a candle light mass on the eve of Easter Sunday at the Southern Cathedral in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan) ( China Easter Sunday )
Young worshippers light candles during Easter Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Amir Cohen ( ISRAEL/ )
Russian Catholics hold candles during an Easter vigil on Holy Saturday at the Cathedral of Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception in Moscow on March 30, 2013. Easter Vigil, also called the Paschal Vigil, is a service held in traditional Christian churches as the first official celebration of the resurrection of Jesus. While most Russians will mark Orthodox Easter on May 5, according to the old Julian calendar, Easter in the West is celebrated on March 30 by Russia's 600,000-strong Roman Catholic community. AFP PHOTO / ANDREY SMIRNOV ( 518565703 )
People are silhouetted as the sun rises during an Easter sunrise service in Scituate, Massachusetts March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi ( USA/ )
Congregants pray during a sunrise Easter service sponsored by El Pueblito United Methodist Church in El Prado, New Mexico March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Brian Snyder ( USA/ )
Worshippers dressed as angels walk towards the Church of Saint Francis of Assisi before participating in the Easter Sunday procession in the historic city of Ouro Preto in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, March 31, 2013. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares ( BRAZIL/ )
A squirrel runs away with an Easter egg during an egg hunt from the First General Baptist Church on Saturday, March 30, 2013 in Owensboro, Ky. (AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley) ( Kentucky Daily Life )
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