A selection of the best images from Holy Week celebrations, including processions and services to mark Good Friday
James Burke-Dunsmore plays the part of Jesus
Christ in performance of The Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square in
London by the Wintershall Players. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/APActors of the Wintershall Players perform
The Passion of Jesus on Good Friday to crowds in Trafalgar Square in
London. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty ImagesSpanish legionnaires carry a statue of
Christ during a ceremony before they take part in the Mena brotherhood
procession in Malaga, Spain. Photograph: Jon Nazca/ReutersA devotee holds a cross outside the church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPADanillo Castro shows a five-inch nail that
will be used in his re-enactment of the crucifixion on Good Friday in
San Fernando, Philippines. Crucifixions remain a common practice
during Holy Week throughout the country, despite being strongly
condemned by the Roman Catholic church. Penitents who take part believe
the act will help them atone for their sins and give them blessings.
Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Barcroft MediaAn Indian Christian devotee re-enacts the
crucifixion to mark Good Friday at the Mount Carmel church in Hyderabad,
India. Photograph: Mahesh Kumar A./APEthiopian Orthodox Christian women pray at
Deir El Sultan during the Washing of the Feet ceremony outside the
Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the
site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem.
Photograph: Ariel Schalit/APPenitents take part in the Procesion del Silencio during Holy Week in Zamora, Spain. Photograph: Andres Kudacki/APA hooded penitent carries his son outside the cathedral in San Fernando, Philippines. Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Demotix/CorbisIndonesians take part in a re-enactment of
the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at the Raja Agung church,
Indonesia. Photograph: Yuli Seperi/Getty ImagesTwo five-inch stainless steel nails pierce
through the feet of a penitent in San Fernando, Philippines.
Photograph: Erik De Castro/ReutersPenitents take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion in San Fernando, Philippines. Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Barcroft MediaMembers of the El Nazareno brotherhood
participate in the procession of Jesus of Nazareth in the town of
Izalco, El Salvador. Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Northern Cross pilgrimage undertakes its
final leg of the journey to Holy Island in Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK
crossing the tidal causeway. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty ImagesA Filipino prepares to fly a kite designed
like a crucifix in Pampanga province, Philippines. Photograph: Ezra
Acayan/Demotix/CorbisOrthodox Christian worshipers hold crosses
during a Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa, retracing what many
believe to be the route Jesus Christ took before his crucifixion, in
the Old City of Jerusalem. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPAMembers of the El Nazareno brotherhood
prepare to participate in the procession in Izalco, El Salvador.
Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty ImagesPerformers carrying their cross before they
take part in a re-enactment in Bensheim, Germany. Photograph: Kai
Pfaffenbach/ReutersChildren take part in a re-enactment during Good Friday in Bensheim, Germany. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/ReutersIndonesians perform the tenth station 'Jesus
is stripped of his garments' during a re-enactment of the Stations Of
The Cross on Good Friday at the Raja Agung church in Bintan Island.
Photograph: Yuli Seperi/Getty ImagesRussian Orthodox nuns hold flowers during a
Good Friday procession near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old
City of Jerusalem. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPAGreek Orthodox priests take part in the Good
Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. Photograph:
Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty ImagesA hooded Filipino penitent flagellates
himself as part of Maundy Thursday rituals to atone his sins in
Mandaluyong, Philippines. Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP
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