Christians around the world gather for Holy Week celebrations
For millions of Christians, the week between Palm Sunday and Easter, known as Holy Week, is the most sacred time of the year.
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A girl blows a whistle as she descends the Cerro el Avila with members of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 1. Every year the brothers climb the Cerro El Avila to collect royal palm branches as part of a 250-year tradition that marks the start of Holy Week. The palms will be blessed at the Palm Sunday Mass in the Chacao church.3/36
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Young members of the Palmeros de Chacao brotherhood arrive with palm branches after descending the Cerro el Avila, in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday, April 1.4/36
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Catholic devotees wave their palm fronds during rites to commemorate Palm Sunday, which marks the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, Sunday, April 2, in Manila, Philippines.5/36
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Pope Francis sits on the popemobile on his way to the altar to celebrate the Palm Sunday's mass in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, a day after being discharged from the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, where he has been treated for bronchitis, The Vatican said.6/36
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A view of the Palm Sunday's mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, a day after being discharged from the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, where he has been treated for bronchitis, The Vatican said.7/36
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Palm bearers arrive in a procession at the start of the Palm Sunday's mass celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican Sunday, April 2, a day after being discharged from the Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, where he has been treated for bronchitis, The Vatican said.8/36
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Catholic faithfuls march carrying Palm fronds to commemorate Palm Sunday, which marks the entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem, on the streets of Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, April 2. The ceremony marks the beginning of the Holy Week leading to Easter.9/36
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Christians walk in the Palm Sunday procession on the Mount of Olives in east Jerusalem, Sunday, April 2. The procession observes Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem in the time leading up to his crucifixion, which Christians mark on Good Friday.10/36
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Faithful take part in the procession of Jesus of the Great Power, at La Merced church in Granada, Nicaragua, Tuesday, April 4.11/36
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Penitents of "Los Estudiantes" brotherhood gather in one of the courtyards of the University of Seville before starting the procession, Spain, Tuesday, April 4. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.12/36
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Penitents from "La Candelaria" brotherhood walk across the Seville cathedral as they takes part in a procession, Spain, Tuesday, April 4.13/36
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Artisan Gabriel Gutierrez paints a "Pachuco" version of Judas at the Santa Maria La Ribera Cultural Center in Mexico City, Wednesday, April 5. Every Holy Saturday Mexicans get ready for the traditional "burning of Judas." During this popular activity on the sidelines of the Holy Week celebrations of the Catholic Church, people gather in neighborhoods across the country to burn cardboard figures of Judas that represent evil.14/36
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A man carries the image of Jesus Christ previous the procession for the Holy Week in Puellaro, Ecuador, Wednesday, April 5.15/36
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A hooded Filipino penitent flagellates himself as part of Maundy Thursday rituals to atone for sins or fulfill vows for an answered prayer on April 6, at Mandaluyong city, Philippines.16/36
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Hooded Filipino flagellants pray as part of Maundy Thursday rituals to atone for sins or fulfill vows for an answered prayer on April 6, at Mandaluyong city, Philippines.17/36
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Villagers wearing costumes take part in a Holy Thursday celebration in Santa Rosalia, in the municipality of Mulege, Baja California Sur state, Mexico, Thursday, April 6.18/36
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Villagers wearing costumes take part in a Holy Thursday celebration in Santa Rosalia, in the municipality of Mulege, Baja California Sur state, Mexico, Thursday, April 6.19/36
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Villagers wearing costumes take part in a Holy Thursday local celebration in the town of Santa Rosalia, in the municipality of Mulege, Baja California Sur state, Thursday, April 6.20/36
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Faithful dressed as Roman soldiers take part in a Holy Thursday procession outside the San Cristobal el Bajo Catholic church, in Antigua, Guatemala, Thursday, April 6.21/36
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Hooded penitents take part in the Procissao do Fogareu or Torch Procession, in Goias, 350 km, 217 miles, west of Brasilia, Brazil, early Thursday, April 6. The Holy Thursday procession is a reenactment of Christ's arrest by Roman soldiers represented by "farricocos," who dress in colored robes with cone-shaped hats.22/36
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Penitents with tunics and hoods take part in the Procession of Souls in a Holy Week celebration in Goias, 350 km (217 miles) west of Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, April 6.23/36
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Members of the Nazarene brotherhood take part in the Holy Thursday procession in Zipaquira, Colombia, Thursday, April 6.24/36
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View of the Santísima Trinidad y San Antonio de Padua de Zipaquirá Cathedral, during the Holy Thursday procession in Zipaquira, Colombia, Thursday, April 6.25/36
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Faithful participate in the Holy Thursday procession at Casco Antiguo neighborhood in Panama City, Thursday, April 6.26/36
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Catholic nuns hold candles during the Holy Thursday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, April 6.27/36
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An actor portraying the part of Jesus Christ, carries the cross during the Good Friday procession in the city center of Wuppertal, Germany, Friday, April 7.28/36
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Faithful take part in a Good Friday procession in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Friday, April 7.29/36
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Faithful carry a cross to the Árbol de la Vida or Tree of Life during a Good Friday procession in the hills of the Ciudad Bolivar neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, April 7.30/36
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Faithful raise a giant wooden cross before the Árbol de la Vida or Tree of Life during a Good Friday procession in the hills of the Ciudad Bolivar neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, April 7.31/36
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A devotee holds a cross and an image of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday procession in the Ciudad Bolivar neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, April 7.32/36
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Faithful reenact the Way of the Cross in Atyra, Paraguay Friday, April 7.33/36
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Penitents of the "Padre Jesus Nazareno" brotherhood carry a portable dais platform which supports a statue of Jesus Christ carried by "costaleros"during the holy week procession in Priego de Cordoba, southern Spain, Friday, April 7.34/36
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Archbishop Gintaras Grusas, center, speaks during the Holy Week procession at the Three Crosses hill in Vilnius, Lithuania, Friday, April 7.35/36
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The Passion of Jesus is performed to crowds in Trafalgar Square, London, Friday, April 7, on Good Friday by actors from the Wintershall Players.36/36
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Christian faithfuls pray near the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April, 7, on Good Friday during the Holy Week of Easter.
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