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.
