Christians celebrate Holy Week around the world

Clergy members carry amphoras containing holy oil during the Chrism Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on April 17, 2025.

Visitors walk amidst stands with Easter eggs for decoration at the Freyung Easter Market at Freyung Square in Vienna on April 17, 2025, ahead of the Easter weekend. This year's market runs until April 21.

Penitents of Los Negritos brotherhood take part in the Holy Thursday procession in Seville on April 17, 2025. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

An actor portraying Jesus Christ takes part in the crucifixion scene during the interactive street theatre Passion play "Il-Mixja" (The Way), one of a series of Holy Week activities in the run-up to Easter, in the gardens of Verdala Palace outside Rabat, Malta April 15, 2025.

Penitents of the 'Cristo de la Buena Muerte' (Christ of the Good Death) brotherhood leave the Church of San Vicente Martir (St. Vincent Martyr) at the start of their Holy Monday procession during Holy Week in the northwestern Spanish town of Zamora on April 15, 2025. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Catholic faithful dressed in white sheets light candles as they take part in the Terno das Almas procession in Igatu, a small isolated town in the mountains of Chapada Diamantina National Park, Bahia State, Brazil on April 15, 2025. Terno das Almas is an ancient ritual that takes place every night during Holy Week when participants make a pilgrimage through various parts of the village, praying and singing for the souls of their dead.

Penitents from the 'Cofradia de Jesus del Via Crucis' brotherhood take part in a procession during Holy Week in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora on April 15, 2025.

Faithful attend a mass for Palm Sunday in St Peter's square in the Vatican on April 13, 2025.

The 14th annual Catholic Diocese of Wilmington's Youth Pilgrimage took place April 12, 2025, in Wilmington. A 10-foot-by-6-foot cross was carried 3 miles through the streets of Wilmington on the day before Palm Sunday. At Padua Academy, the pilgrims prayed the Stations of the Cross, in remembrance of Jesus Christ's suffering and death.

Bethesda-by-the-Sea partitioner and flower guild member Cordella Miessau creates one of the 900 palm crosses that members at the church will assemble this year April 11, 2025.

Palm Sunday service and procession in Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria, on April 13, 2025.

People acting as 'penitents', belonging to La Pollinica brotherhood, take part in a Palm Sunday procession at the start of Holy Week, in Ronda, southern Spain on April 13, 2025.

Catholic faithful buy palm branches outside Goma Cathedral ahead of the Palm Sunday mass, locally known as Matawi, in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo on April 13, 2025.

Cardinal Angelo Becciu walks in procession during a mass for Palm Sunday at St Peter's square in the Vatican on April 13, 2025.

People hold palm branches ahead of the Palm Sunday Mass in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican on April 13, 2025.

A member of Celestial Church of Christ House of Praise parish takes part in a Palm Sunday service in Middleton, Manchester, Britain on April 13, 2025.

Pope Francis greets cardinals during a surprise appearance at the end of the mass for Palm Sunday at St Peter's square in the Vatican on April 13, 2025.

A boy holds a palm branch in his mouth as donkeys (not pictured) lead a procession into the Chelsea Old Church for a Palm Sunday service in London, Britain on April 13, 2025.

Christian worshippers lift palm branches and placards as they march down a road during the traditional Palm Sunday procession at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on April 13, 2025.

Catholic worshippers attend the Palm Sunday mass, locally known as Matawi, at the Bienheureuse Parish in Goma on April 13, 2025.

Christian worshippers pose for pictures in front of the Dome of the Rock as they march down a road during the traditional Palm Sunday procession at the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem on April 13, 2025.

A view shows the remains of clay pots filled with water, thrown by people from their windows during the Greek Orthodox Easter celebration of "Botides", on Holy Saturday, marking the so-called "First Resurrection", on the island of Corfu, Greece, April 19, 2025.

A boy dressed in a hay suit walks through the village as a part of an Easter celebration called 'Marching Judas', on Holy Saturday, in the village of Stradoun near Vysoke Myto, Czech Republic, April 19, 2025.

Faithful attend a blessing of traditional Easter food baskets on Holy Saturday, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in the Holy Ascension Church in Kharkiv, Ukraine, April 19, 2025.