In Pictures: Good Friday around the world

From South Africa to Bulgaria, Christians from all walks of life gathered on April 14 for prayers and processions to commemorate Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ died on the cross.

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Apr 14, 2017, 06:15 PM

A man portrays Jesus Christ during a re-enactment to mark Good Friday in Guwahati, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Bulgarian Orthodox faithful pray during Good Friday Mass at the Alexander Nevski cathedral in Sofia, Bulgaria. PHOTO: EPA

Filipino female penitent Precy Valencia is nailed to a wooden cross for the thirteenth year as spectators watch in the Paombong district of Malolos in the Philippines. PHOTO: EPA

Catholic nuns from the Missionaries of Charity attend a Good Friday procession in Kolkata, India. PHOTO: REUTERS

Religious leaders carry a cross during a silent Good Friday march in Durban, South Africa. PHOTO: REUTERS

A Christian devotee carries a wooden cross during a procession on the occasion of Good Friday in Bhopal, India. PHOTO: EPA

Filipino penitents are seen nailed to wooden crosses during a Good Friday crucifixion re-enactment in San Juan village in the Philippines. PHOTO: REUTERS

Performer Brendan Paul plays the part of Jesus Christ during a 'Journey to the Cross' procession in Sydney, Australia. PHOTO: EPA

People re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. PHOTO: EPA

Worshippers gather at a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Dili, Timor Leste. PHOTO: EPA

Filipino children at prayer ahead of Good Friday celebrations in San Fernando in the Philippines. PHOTO: EPA

Immigrants cross the Suchiate river, which marks the border between Mexico and Guatemala, to participate in the ‘Via Crucis’ (Way of the Cross) event on Good Friday in Tapachula, Mexico. PHOTO: EPA

Worshippers carry crosses during a Good Friday procession along Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City. PHOTO: REUTERS

Devotees offer special prayers as they carry crosses while participating in a Good Friday procession in Bangalore. PHOTO: EPA

Devotees carry a statue of Our Lady of Pain during a secular procession of the Nazarenes brotherhood in L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Catalonia in north-eastern Spain. PHOTO: EPA

People re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the village of Balsameda in the Basque Country in northern Spain. PHOTO: EPA

Members of the Italian community take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Bensheim, Germany. PHOTO: REUTERS

Reverend Kamran, a Catholic priest, delivers a sermon during a Good Friday mass at the St Andrews Church in Karachi, Pakistan. PHOTO: REUTERS

Revellers take part in the 'rompida de la hora', a 24-hour drumming session that starts at noon on Good Friday and ends at the same time the following day on Easter Saturday, in Calanda, Aragon in Spain. PHOTO: EPA

Devotees kneel on the ground as they offer prayers during a re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross in Jammu, Kashmir, in India. PHOTO: EPA

A woman attends a prayer session outside the Holy Trinity Cathedral in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Devotees take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the southern village of Qraiyeh in Lebanon. PHOTO: AFP

A girls holds a cross as she takes part in a Good Friday procession in Chennai, India. PHOTO: AFP

A Greek Orthodox devotee prays at Penteli monastery, north of Athens, Greece. PHOTO: REUTERS

Devotees attend a Good Friday service at Holy Trinity cathedral in Tbilisi, Georgia. PHOTO: REUTERS

Actors perform the Passion of Jesus Christ in a procession in Juba, South Sudan. PHOTO: AFP

Devotees attend the Stations of the Cross procession at the Champs de Mars near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. PHOTO: REUTERS

A mother and her daughters at the main Orthodox church of St Kliment in Skopje, Macedonia. PHOTO: EPA

A re-enactment of the Passion of Jesus Christ at Trafalgar Square in Central London, Britain. PHOTO: EPA

A Procession of the Santo Encuentro (Holy Meeting) as part of Good Friday celebrations in Ferrol in north-western Spain. PHOTO: EPA

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