In Pictures: Easter Sunday around the world
Easter Sunday, which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ, was marked across the world with church services, light-ups and traditional rituals. Here is a look at how the festival was commemorated in some countries.
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Pope Francis kisses the altar during the Easter Sunday mass on March 27, 2016 at St Peter's square in Vatican City. Christians around the world are marking the Holy Week, commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, leading up to his resurrection on Easter.
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Pope Francis arrives to lead Easter Mass in Saint Peter's Square, Vatican City, on March 27, 2016.
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A Filipino child portraying an angel prepares to remove a black veil, a symbol of grieving, from the face of an image of Mother Mary (unseen) during a pre-dawn ritual called 'Salubong' , in Las Pinas City, south of Manila, Philippines, on March 27, 2016.
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Filipino children participate in a procession before a mass to mark Easter Sunday outside a church in Las Pinas City, south of Manila, Philippines, on March 27, 2016.
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The Empire State Building is seen lit in Easter colours in New York, on Mach 26, 2016.
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Children take a picture of a cardboard devil during Holy Week celebrations in Mexico City on March 26, 2016. For many years Mexicans have made cardboard figures representing all forms of evil, which are then torched commemorating the "Burning of Judas," on the eve of Easter Sunday.
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Men fight during an amateur wrestling competition in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on March 26, 2016. The event is held during Easter in Haiti.
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People watch as a traditional Easter fire burns in Lemwerder, central Germany on March 26, 2016.
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Children search for Easter eggs in the parc of Chateau Larrivet-Haut Brion in Leognan near Bordeaux, France, on March 26, 2016.
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A view of Easter eggs made with a carving technique by folk artist Piroska Szabo Pethone in Nemti, 100kms northeast of Budapest, Hungary, on March 25, 2016.
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Colorful eggs lie in Ilmpark at Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's garden house for an Easter egg hunt in Weimar, Germany, on March 24, 2016. Goethe used to invite his friends' children and his grandchildren to hunt for eggs on Maundy Thursday.
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Nuns put decorated Easter eggs into baskets in preparation for Easter Sunday at a Catholic hospital in the central city of Daejeon, South Korea, on March 23, 2016.
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