Christians are celebrating Holy Week with processions and reenactments in places like Jerusalem, Brazil, Nigeria, India, Mexico and Philippines.
The week between Palm Sunday and Easter, known as Holy Week, is the most sacred time of the year for Christians, when the faithful commemorate the passion of Jesus.
Luiz Henrique, playing the role of Jesus Christ, carries a cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, at the Complexo do Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Luiz Henrique, playing the role of Jesus Christ, carries a cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, at the Complexo do Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
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A member of the St Francis Catholic Church holds a rosary as they take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Holy Week in Lagos, Nigeria, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A member of the St Francis Catholic Church holds a rosary as they take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Holy Week in Lagos, Nigeria, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Claudio Armando Ramirez plays the role of Jesus Christ during a Palm Sunday Passion Play at the San Lucas de Iztapalapa parish in Mexico City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Claudio Armando Ramirez plays the role of Jesus Christ during a Palm Sunday Passion Play at the San Lucas de Iztapalapa parish in Mexico City, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Performers dressed as Roman soldiers reenact the passion and sufferings of Jesus Christ as part of their Lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Paete, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Performers dressed as Roman soldiers reenact the passion and sufferings of Jesus Christ as part of their Lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025, in Paete, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
A Christian woman kisses a crucifix during a Holy Week service at St. Anthony Church in Lahore, Pakistan, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A Christian woman kisses a crucifix during a Holy Week service at St. Anthony Church in Lahore, Pakistan, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Catholic clergymen take part in a Holy Week ceremony reenacting the funeral of Jesus Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Catholic clergymen take part in a Holy Week ceremony reenacting the funeral of Jesus Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Light streams through windows as worshippers pray during the Good Friday celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Adoration of the Holy Cross at St. Joseph Abbey near Covington, La., Friday, April 18, 2025. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
Light streams through windows as worshippers pray during the Good Friday celebration of the Lord’s Passion and Adoration of the Holy Cross at St. Joseph Abbey near Covington, La., Friday, April 18, 2025. (David Grunfeld/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP)
People are showered with flower petals are thrown from balconies during a Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
People are showered with flower petals are thrown from balconies during a Holy Week procession in Seville, Spain, Sunday, April 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A Greek Christian Orthodox priest carries a wooden cross during the service of the Holy Passion at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A Greek Christian Orthodox priest carries a wooden cross during the service of the Holy Passion at the Patriarchal Church of St. George, in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
An actor portraying Jesus Christ carries a cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment during Holy Week celebrations in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
An actor portraying Jesus Christ carries a cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment during Holy Week celebrations in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A parishioner leaves the Santuario de la Virgen de Lourdes after prayers during Holy Week in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A parishioner leaves the Santuario de la Virgen de Lourdes after prayers during Holy Week in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Members of the Danza Señor San Jose dance group perform behind El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico during Holy Week on Good Friday, Chimayo, N.M., April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)
Members of the Danza Señor San Jose dance group perform behind El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico during Holy Week on Good Friday, Chimayo, N.M., April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)
A penitent flagellates himself during a Holy Week event in Kalayaan town, Laguna province, Philippines, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A penitent flagellates himself during a Holy Week event in Kalayaan town, Laguna province, Philippines, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Children leave after posing for a photo with Iraq-born Archbishop Datev Hagopian during a Maundy Thursday religious service, at the Armenian Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Children leave after posing for a photo with Iraq-born Archbishop Datev Hagopian during a Maundy Thursday religious service, at the Armenian Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
A man cuts the back of a penitent using a blade as he prepares to flagellate himself during Holy Week in Kalayaan town, Laguna province, Philippines, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A man cuts the back of a penitent using a blade as he prepares to flagellate himself during Holy Week in Kalayaan town, Laguna province, Philippines, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Tzotziles Indigenous men prepare to take part in a Holy Week procession, at the San Lorenzo Martir Church in Zinacantan, Chiapas State, Mexico, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
Tzotziles Indigenous men prepare to take part in a Holy Week procession, at the San Lorenzo Martir Church in Zinacantan, Chiapas State, Mexico, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Isabel Mateos)
A masked penitent in chains with cacti attached to his arms takes part in a Holy Week procession in Atlixco, Mexico, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A masked penitent in chains with cacti attached to his arms takes part in a Holy Week procession in Atlixco, Mexico, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A masked penitent in chains holds out his arms to have cacti attached to his arm, before taking part in a Holy Week procession in Atlixco, Mexico, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
A masked penitent in chains holds out his arms to have cacti attached to his arm, before taking part in a Holy Week procession in Atlixco, Mexico, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)
Worshipers react in tears while looking at the Christ of ‘El Cerro’ brotherhood as they process through the streets of Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Worshipers react in tears while looking at the Christ of ‘El Cerro’ brotherhood as they process through the streets of Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Luiz Henrique, playing the role of Jesus Christ, hangs on a cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, at the Complexo do Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Luiz Henrique, playing the role of Jesus Christ, hangs on a cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, at the Complexo do Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Seen through a public bus window, a penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ, carries a cross during the Via Crucis or Way of the Cross reenactment in Panama City, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Seen through a public bus window, a penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ, carries a cross during the Via Crucis or Way of the Cross reenactment in Panama City, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Orthodox believers visit Bachkovo Monastery during the Holy Thursday liturgy in Bachkovo, Bulgaria, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
Orthodox believers visit Bachkovo Monastery during the Holy Thursday liturgy in Bachkovo, Bulgaria, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
Faithful watch a Holy Week procession by the penitents from the ‘San Gonzalo’ brotherhood in Seville, Spain, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Faithful watch a Holy Week procession by the penitents from the ‘San Gonzalo’ brotherhood in Seville, Spain, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Actors reenact the crucifixion of Jesus during a Way of The Cross procession during Holy Week in Atyra, Paraguay, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Actors reenact the crucifixion of Jesus during a Way of The Cross procession during Holy Week in Atyra, Paraguay, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is whipped by a devotee playing the role of a Roman soldier, during a Way of the Cross reenactment, in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is whipped by a devotee playing the role of a Roman soldier, during a Way of the Cross reenactment, in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is crowned by a fellow devotees playing the role of Roman soldiers, during the Via Crucis or Way of the Cross reenactment in Panama City, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is crowned by a fellow devotees playing the role of Roman soldiers, during the Via Crucis or Way of the Cross reenactment in Panama City, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Members of the St Francis Catholic Church take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Holy Week in Lagos, Nigeria, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Members of the St Francis Catholic Church take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Holy Week in Lagos, Nigeria, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Catholic worshippers hold candles as they take part in a procession following a path believed to be taken when Jesus was arrested and brought to trial, during the Holy Week, outside the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Catholic worshippers hold candles as they take part in a procession following a path believed to be taken when Jesus was arrested and brought to trial, during the Holy Week, outside the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
A penitent knows as a “cucurucho” joins a Way of the Cross procession during Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A penitent knows as a “cucurucho” joins a Way of the Cross procession during Holy Week in Antigua, Guatemala, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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