Easter
around
the
world

A
Catholic
priest
sprinkles
holy
water
on
special
cakes
during
Easter
night
mass
in
Ukraine.

A
quiet
moment
in a
Turkish
cathedral.

People
at
an
Easter
Sunday
service
in
the
Solomon
Islands,
which
was
hit
by a
tsunami
wave
last
week,
pray
for
the
people
who
suffered
as a
result.

A
boy
holds
a
candle
during
Easter
service
at
the
Virgin
Mary
church
in
the
town
of
Smederevo,
Slovenia.

Majesty
Queen
Elizabeth
and
the
Duke
of
Edinburgh
are
pictured
at
St
George's
Chapel,
Windsor.

Pope
Benedict
XVI,
head
of
the
Catholic
Church,
gives
his
annual
Easter
message
at
the
Vatican.

People
hold
candles
during
celebrations
in
Tbilisi,
the
largest
city
in
Georgia.

Christians
from
Iraq
light
candles
in
front
of a
church
in
the
capital
city
of
Baghdad.

Children
hold
candles
as
they
wait
to
be
baptized
during
Easter
service
in
north
east
China.

Prayers
are
said
during
Easter
celebrations
in
Bangladesh.

Thousands
of
people
gather
in
St
Peter's
Square
in
the
Vatican
to
celebrate
the
Christian
festival.
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