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Easter Around the World

A look at Easter celebrations across the globe.

Faithful kneel under falling rain to pray during an Easter Sunday Mass at a remote chapel in the village of Glupianka, Poland, Sunday, April 16, 2017. The temperature has fallen to around 4 degree Celsius (39.2 Fahrenheit) and rain has hit the area during Easter celebrations.(AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) (Alik Keplicz)
Faithful kneel under falling rain to pray during an Easter Sunday Mass at a remote chapel in the village of Glupianka, Poland, Sunday, April 16, 2017. The temperature has fallen to around 4 degree Celsius (39.2 Fahrenheit) and rain has hit the area during Easter celebrations.(AP Photo/Alik Keplicz) (Alik Keplicz)
Women plat visitors' hair in traditional Hungarian style during Easter Sunday festivities in Skanzen open-air museum of ethnography in Szentendre, 10 kms north of Budapest, Hungary,Sunday April 16, 2017. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP) (Zsolt Szigetvary)
Women plat visitors’ hair in traditional Hungarian style during Easter Sunday festivities in Skanzen open-air museum of ethnography in Szentendre, 10 kms north of Budapest, Hungary,Sunday April 16, 2017. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP) (Zsolt Szigetvary)
Boys from the Hungarian folk dance ensemble Lajta play a Hungarian traditional ballgame called meta as part of their performance to show visitors old ways of life during Easter Sunday festivities in Skanzen open-air museum of ethnography in Szentendre, 10 kms north of Budapest, Hungary, Sunday April 16, 2017. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP) (Zsolt Szigetvary)
Boys from the Hungarian folk dance ensemble Lajta play a Hungarian traditional ballgame called meta as part of their performance to show visitors old ways of life during Easter Sunday festivities in Skanzen open-air museum of ethnography in Szentendre, 10 kms north of Budapest, Hungary, Sunday April 16, 2017. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP) (Zsolt Szigetvary)
Eduardo Escobar, of the Queens borough of New York, attracts attention with a homemade bonnet that he calls
Eduardo Escobar, of the Queens borough of New York, attracts attention with a homemade bonnet that he calls “my Easter enchanted,” during the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival, Sunday April 16, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) (Bebeto Matthews)
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Patricia “Purely” Fox, of Manhattan, shows off her Easter bonnet that she said took 20 hours to make at the annual Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival, Sunday, April 16, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) (Bebeto Matthews)
Members of the Knights of Columbus stand in salutation as alter servers lead the procession to the alter during Holy Rosary St. Richard Catholic Church's Easter Sunrise service, Sunday, April 16, 2017, at the Charles Deering Estate in Palmetto Bay, Fla. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP) (Carl Juste)
Members of the Knights of Columbus stand in salutation as alter servers lead the procession to the alter during Holy Rosary St. Richard Catholic Church’s Easter Sunrise service, Sunday, April 16, 2017, at the Charles Deering Estate in Palmetto Bay, Fla. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP) (Carl Juste)
The sun rises behind alter servers during Easter Sunrise service by the Holy Rosary St. Richard Catholic Church at the Charles Deering Estate, Sunday, April 16, 2017, in Palmetto Bay, Fla. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP) (Carl Juste)
The sun rises behind alter servers during Easter Sunrise service by the Holy Rosary St. Richard Catholic Church at the Charles Deering Estate, Sunday, April 16, 2017, in Palmetto Bay, Fla. (Carl Juste/Miami Herald via AP) (Carl Juste)
Girls react during the Orthodox Easter service at the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana just next to the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Girls react during the Orthodox Easter service at the Church of the Holy Martyr Tatiana just next to the Kremlin Wall in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) (Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Members of the Hungarian folk dance ensemble Lajta from the City of Mosonmagyarovar perform during Easter Sunday festivities in Skanzen open-air museum of ethnography in Szentendre, 10 kms north of Budapest, Hungary, Sunday April 16, 2017. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP) (Zsolt Szigetvary)
Members of the Hungarian folk dance ensemble Lajta from the City of Mosonmagyarovar perform during Easter Sunday festivities in Skanzen open-air museum of ethnography in Szentendre, 10 kms north of Budapest, Hungary, Sunday April 16, 2017. (Zsolt Szigetvary/MTI via AP) (Zsolt Szigetvary)
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Rochelle Jester plays “Amazing Grace” on the saxophone during Easter sunrises services at 31st Street Beach in Chicago on Sunday, April 16, 2017 with members of Hartzell Memorial United Methodist Church. (Nancy Stone/Chicago Tribune via AP) (Nancy Stone)
Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter mass in Qaraqoshl, Iraq, Sunday, April 16, 2017.. The town has been gutted by Islamic State militants. Now under government control, residents have not returned. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) (Maya Alleruzzo)
Iraqi Christians celebrate Easter mass in Qaraqoshl, Iraq, Sunday, April 16, 2017.. The town has been gutted by Islamic State militants. Now under government control, residents have not returned. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) (Maya Alleruzzo)
Bosnian worshipers say their prayers during Easter service in the Orthodox church in Bosnian town of Banja Luka, on Sunday, April 16, 2017. Across the world Christians are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe that Jesus was resurrected more than 2,000 years ago.(AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic) (Radivoja Pavicic)
Bosnian worshipers say their prayers during Easter service in the Orthodox church in Bosnian town of Banja Luka, on Sunday, April 16, 2017. Across the world Christians are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe that Jesus was resurrected more than 2,000 years ago.(AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic) (Radivoja Pavicic)
With her father Ernesto, 3-year-old Frieda Diaz finds a special egg as the Olympia Eagles Aerie 21 hosted its 51st annual easter egg hunt at Priest Point Park in Olympia, Wash., Sunday, April 16, 2017. Hosting as usual with multiple age group hunts, Eagles' volunteers distributed over 20,000 plastic eggs filled with candy and prize tokens for the hunt. (Steve Bloom/The Olympian via AP) (Steve Bloom)
With her father Ernesto, 3-year-old Frieda Diaz finds a special egg as the Olympia Eagles Aerie 21 hosted its 51st annual easter egg hunt at Priest Point Park in Olympia, Wash., Sunday, April 16, 2017. Hosting as usual with multiple age group hunts, Eagles’ volunteers distributed over 20,000 plastic eggs filled with candy and prize tokens for the hunt. (Steve Bloom/The Olympian via AP) (Steve Bloom)
In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, photo, Hattie Addison Burkhalter carries the banner during the Easter Rock at Original True Light Baptist Church in Winnsboro, La. The public was invited to attend the annual Easter vigil ceremony, Rocking to a Risen Savior, at the old plantation church Saturday. (Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star via AP) (Hannah Baldwin)
In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, photo, Hattie Addison Burkhalter carries the banner during the Easter Rock at Original True Light Baptist Church in Winnsboro, La. The public was invited to attend the annual Easter vigil ceremony, Rocking to a Risen Savior, at the old plantation church Saturday. (Hannah Baldwin/The News-Star via AP) (Hannah Baldwin)
Fred Bona walks behind Phil Krutiak as he carries a cross that parishioners put carnations on during Easter services at The First Baptist Church in North Adams, Mass., Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP) (Gillian Jones)
Fred Bona walks behind Phil Krutiak as he carries a cross that parishioners put carnations on during Easter services at The First Baptist Church in North Adams, Mass., Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Gillian Jones/The Berkshire Eagle via AP) (Gillian Jones)
People take pictures and watch the sunrise during the 70th annual Easter sunrise service at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Sunday, April 16, 2017, in Morrison, Colorado. The event is sponsored by The Colorado Council of Churches. Because the event was cancelled last year due to weather it was standing room only at the traditional Easter service with almost 10,000 people turning out for the popular event. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP) (Helen H. Richardson)
People take pictures and watch the sunrise during the 70th annual Easter sunrise service at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on Sunday, April 16, 2017, in Morrison, Colorado. The event is sponsored by The Colorado Council of Churches. Because the event was cancelled last year due to weather it was standing room only at the traditional Easter service with almost 10,000 people turning out for the popular event. (Helen H. Richardson/The Denver Post via AP) (Helen H. Richardson)
Crowds of people attend the Easter sunrise service of the Moravian Church, Sunday, April 16, 2017, at Old Salem in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP) (Allison Lee Isley)
Crowds of people attend the Easter sunrise service of the Moravian Church, Sunday, April 16, 2017, at Old Salem in Winston-Salem, N.C. (Allison Lee Isley/The Winston-Salem Journal via AP) (Allison Lee Isley)
A Christian militiaman stands guard during Easter mass in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Sunday, April 16 2017. The town has been gutted by Islamic State militants. Now under government control, residents have not returned. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) (Maya Alleruzzo)
A Christian militiaman stands guard during Easter mass in Qaraqosh, Iraq, Sunday, April 16 2017. The town has been gutted by Islamic State militants. Now under government control, residents have not returned. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) (Maya Alleruzzo)
Bosnian worshipers says ther prayer during Easter service in the Orthodox church in Bosnian town of Banja Luka, on Sunday, April 16, 2017. Across the world Christians are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe that Jesus was resurrected more than 2,000 years ago.(AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic) (Radivoja Pavicic)
Bosnian worshipers says ther prayer during Easter service in the Orthodox church in Bosnian town of Banja Luka, on Sunday, April 16, 2017. Across the world Christians are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe that Jesus was resurrected more than 2,000 years ago.(AP Photo/Radivoje Pavicic) (Radivoja Pavicic)
In this photo taken late night on Saturday, April 15, 2017, volunteers dressed as ancient Roman guards fall inside of the church of St. Michael in central Bosnian town of Vares, 50 kms north of Sarajevo. Men dressed as ancient Roman guards celebrated Easter where an unusual traditional re-enactment symbolising the rising of Christ from the dead takes place every year. As the Easter mass is celebrated, the guards fall dead and later rise again, in a symbolic re-enactment of the death and resurrection of Jesus. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (Amel Emric)
In this photo taken late night on Saturday, April 15, 2017, volunteers dressed as ancient Roman guards fall inside of the church of St. Michael in central Bosnian town of Vares, 50 kms north of Sarajevo. Men dressed as ancient Roman guards celebrated Easter where an unusual traditional re-enactment symbolising the rising of Christ from the dead takes place every year. As the Easter mass is celebrated, the guards fall dead and later rise again, in a symbolic re-enactment of the death and resurrection of Jesus. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (Amel Emric)
In this photo taken on Friday April 14, 2017, Bosnian workers at hospital decorates Easter eggs in central Bosnian town of Fojnica, 60 kms south of Sarajevo. Christians in Bosnia decorate eggs for Easter as part of tradition. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (Amel Emric)
In this photo taken on Friday April 14, 2017, Bosnian workers at hospital decorates Easter eggs in central Bosnian town of Fojnica, 60 kms south of Sarajevo. Christians in Bosnia decorate eggs for Easter as part of tradition. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (Amel Emric)
In this photo taken on Thursday April 13, 2017, Miroslava Ivicevic decorates eggs for Easter using organic bee wax and natural colors in central Bosnian town of Kresevo, 60 kms south of Sarajevo. Many Catholic Christians in Bosnia decorate eggs for Easter using natural materials, including beeswax, onion skins and small leaves and flowers. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (Amel Emric)
In this photo taken on Thursday April 13, 2017, Miroslava Ivicevic decorates eggs for Easter using organic bee wax and natural colors in central Bosnian town of Kresevo, 60 kms south of Sarajevo. Many Catholic Christians in Bosnia decorate eggs for Easter using natural materials, including beeswax, onion skins and small leaves and flowers. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) (Amel Emric)
Worshippers attend a community Easter sunrise service at the ruins of the original Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church site in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Va., on Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Ginger Perry/The Winchester Star via AP) (Ginger Perry)
Worshippers attend a community Easter sunrise service at the ruins of the original Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church site in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Winchester, Va., on Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Ginger Perry/The Winchester Star via AP) (Ginger Perry)
People attend the ' Scoppio del Carro ' (Explosion of the Cart) Easter Sunday traditional parade, in Florence, Italy, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP) (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti)
People attend the ‘ Scoppio del Carro ‘ (Explosion of the Cart) Easter Sunday traditional parade, in Florence, Italy, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Maurizio Degl’Innocenti/ANSA via AP) (Maurizio Degl’Innocenti)
People attend the ' Scoppio del Carro ' (Explosion of the Cart) Easter Sunday traditional parade, in Florence, Italy, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti/ANSA via AP) (Maurizio Degl'Innocenti)
People attend the ‘ Scoppio del Carro ‘ (Explosion of the Cart) Easter Sunday traditional parade, in Florence, Italy, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (Maurizio Degl’Innocenti/ANSA via AP) (Maurizio Degl’Innocenti)
An Indian Christian prays at a Church on Easter Sunday in Gauhati, India, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians make up about 2.3 percent of India's population of 1.26 billion. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) (Anupam Nath)
An Indian Christian prays at a Church on Easter Sunday in Gauhati, India, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians make up about 2.3 percent of India’s population of 1.26 billion. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) (Anupam Nath)
Indian Christians pray at a Church on Easter Sunday in Gauhati, India, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians make up about 2.3 percent of India's population of 1.26 billion. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) (Anupam Nath)
Indian Christians pray at a Church on Easter Sunday in Gauhati, India, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians make up about 2.3 percent of India’s population of 1.26 billion. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) (Anupam Nath)
Pope Francis waves to the crowd after celebrating Easter Sunday Mass, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis waves to the crowd after celebrating Easter Sunday Mass, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (Andrew Medichini)
A man holds an idol of Jesus Christ as Indian Christian devotees offer prayers at a Church on Easter Sunday in Jammu, India, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians make up about 2.3 percent of India's population of 1.26 billion. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) (Channi Anand)
A man holds an idol of Jesus Christ as Indian Christian devotees offer prayers at a Church on Easter Sunday in Jammu, India, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians make up about 2.3 percent of India’s population of 1.26 billion. (AP Photo/Channi Anand) (Channi Anand)
Men wearing Bavarian traditional dresses attend Easter Sunday Mass, at the Vatican Sunday, April 16, 2017. Pope Francis celebrated Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, decorated with colorful spring flowers. (Claudio Peri/ANSA via AP) (Claudio Peri)
Men wearing Bavarian traditional dresses attend Easter Sunday Mass, at the Vatican Sunday, April 16, 2017. Pope Francis celebrated Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square, decorated with colorful spring flowers. (Claudio Peri/ANSA via AP) (Claudio Peri)
A Pakistani Christian woman prays during an Easter service at Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral chruch in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) (K.M. Chaudary)
A Pakistani Christian woman prays during an Easter service at Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral chruch in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary) (K.M. Chaudary)
In this April 15, 2017 photo, spectators watch the traditional Easter bonfire in Wartjenstedt, Germany. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP) (Maurizio Gambarini)
In this April 15, 2017 photo, spectators watch the traditional Easter bonfire in Wartjenstedt, Germany. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP) (Maurizio Gambarini)
In this April 15, 2017 photo spectators watch the traditional Easter bonfire in Wartjenstedt, Germany. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP) (Maurizio Gambarini)
In this April 15, 2017 photo spectators watch the traditional Easter bonfire in Wartjenstedt, Germany. (Maurizio Gambarini/dpa via AP) (Maurizio Gambarini)
Pope Francis walks past colorful spring flowers as he celebrates Easter Mass, in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (Andrew Medichini)
Pope Francis walks past colorful spring flowers as he celebrates Easter Mass, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) (Andrew Medichini)


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