Pope Leo XIV during the celebration of the Passion of the Lord on Good Friday as part of the Holy Week celebrations in The Vatican. AFP
Penitents carry the effigies of "Santisimo Cristo de los Remedios y Nuestra Senora de las Angustias" during the Holy Week procession in Ronda. AFP
A penitent of 'La Vera Cruz' brotherhood, with a rope tied to his body, bears a cross during the Good Friday procession in the Spanish Navarre village of Torres del Rio. AFP
Catholic faithful take part in the traditional Stations of the Cross procession, reenacting the final hours of Jesus Christ’s life, lighting up the streets with torches and candles in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. AFP
Catholic faithful taking part in Via Crusis (Way of the Cross) chaired by Leopoldo Jose Brenes, Metropolitan Archbishop, at the gardens of the Managua Cathedral in Managua. AFP
Participants in costumes take part in an Easter parade at Gwanghwamun Square in Seoul. AFP
A mural depicting Jesus Christ is seen on a wall while Catholic faithful take part in Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) on Good Friday in the Petare neighborhood in Caracas. AFP
Religious figures carry a crucifix during a "Vendredi Saint" procession, in Nice southeastern France. AFP
Youngsters from the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish enact the Passion of Jesus Christ during Via Crusis (Way of the Cross) on Good Friday in Colina, Chile. AFP
Catholic faithful enact the Passion of Jesus Christ as they take part in Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) on Good Friday at the Petare neighborhood in Caracas. AFP
Catholic faithful take part in the traditional Stations of the Cross procession, reenacting the final hours of Jesus Christ’s life, lighting up the streets with torches and candles in Gramado, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. AFP
Catholic faithful taking part in Via Crusis (Way of the Cross) chaired by Leopoldo Jose Brenes, Metropolitan Archbishop, at the gardens of the Managua Cathedral in Managua. AFP
Christian worshippers carry a statue representing the body of Jesus Christ after he was taken down the cross during a Good Friday mass at the Chaldean Virgin Mary Cathedral in the southern Iraqi city of Basra. AFP
Palestinian Christian worshippers attend a Good Friday mass at the Catholic Church of Saint Catherine in the Israeli-occupied West Bank city of Bethlehem. AFP
Christian worshippers attend a Good Friday mass at the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chaldean Catholic Church in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq. AFP
Catholics hold candles during Easter at the Church of the Birth of Our Lady, also known as Gereja Katolik Kelahiran Santa Perawan Maria in Surabaya. AFP
Catholic devotees take part in the Easter Vigil at the Alleluia Church in Dili. AFP