PHOTO COLLECTION: Good Friday Around the World

This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.

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Christian pilgrims carry crosses during Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Christian pilgrims carry crosses during Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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Christian pilgrims carry crosses during Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Palestinian Christians attend a Good Friday Mass at the Greek Orthodox Church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
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A Catholic kisses the feet of Jesus Christ marking Good Friday at St. Mary’s Church, in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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A Christian woman puts candle at the St. Teresa’s Church marking Good Friday, in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Altar boys and girls walk in a procession through an alley beside Saint Teresa’s home, marking Good Friday, in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
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Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in Guwahati, India, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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Christians participate in a procession to mark Good Friday, in Jammu, India, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in Guwahati, India, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
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People watch as a man dressed as Jesus Christ reenacts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in Hyderabad, India, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
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Members of the Danza Señor San Jose dance group perform behind El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. Chimayo, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)
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Members of the Italian community take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in Bensheim, Germany, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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a member of the Italian community takes part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in Bensheim, Germany, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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Members of the Italian community take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in Bensheim, Germany, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
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The deputy mayor of the Cypriot village of Kathikas Charalmbos Phylahtou, re-enacts the Procession to Calvary, or Christ carrying the cross to his crucifixion, through the village streets, flanked by villagers resembling Roman military and with the faithful following in procession in Kathikas village in Paphos district on holy Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
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A man cuts the back of a penitent using a blade as he prepares to flagellate himself on Good Friday in Kalayaan town, Laguna province, Philippines, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Penitents wash their bloodied backs after flagellating themselves on Good Friday in Kalayaan town, Laguna province, Philippines, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Penitents knows as “cucuruchos” carry a statue of Jesus Christ bearing a cross, during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. The “Volcan de Agua,” or Water Volcano, stands behind. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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People walk past a sawdust carpet made as an offering from Catholics to Jesus Christ during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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The cross is presented to the faithful during the Way of Cross ceremony to mark Good Friday, outside the Sacre Coeur basilica, Friday, April 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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A nun touches the ancient relic that many Christians revere as Jesus Christ’s “Crown of Thorns” during a ceremony to mark Good Friday at Notre Dame cathedral, Friday, April 18, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
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Lebanese men are raised from the cross during a reenactment of Jesus Christ’s sufferings as part of Good Friday rituals, in Quraye near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
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A person holding a statue of the Virgin Mary walks in a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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Hooded penitents take part in a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
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Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in a Way of the Cross procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Actors are whipped during a Way of the Cross reenactment of Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday during Holy Week in the Kibera informal settlement of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
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Members of the St Francis Catholic Church take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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A member of the St Francis Catholic Church holds a rosary as they take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
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Actors pose for a picture before reenacting the crucifixion of Jesus in a Way of The Cross procession during Holy Week in Atyra, Paraguay, Friday, April 18, 2025. David Rodi, a grade school physical health teacher, center, plays the role of Jesus. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Actors reenact the crucifixion of Jesus with a Way of The Cross procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in Atyra, Paraguay, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
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Penitents take part in the Procession of Souls on Good Friday during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Faithful wait for the procession started inside the Colosseum during the Via Crucis (Latin for ‘way of the cross’) in Rome, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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A torch-lit giant cross is set up in front of the Colosseum for the Via Crucis (Latin for ‘way of the cross’) in Rome, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
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The sun sets over the Roman Forum before the start of the Via Crucis (Latin for ‘way of the cross’) procession marking the Catholic Good Friday, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Delegate of the Holy Father, Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti, Prefect of the Dicastery for the Oriental Churches, prostrates himself during the Good Friday service he led inside St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, attends the service during the Good Friday in the Christ The Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on Friday, April 18, 2025. (Sergey Vlasov/Russian Orthodox Church Press Service via AP)
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Pilgrims carry wooden crosses on Good Friday across the sands at low tide to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne, in Northumberland, north England, during the annual Christian Easter pilgrimage, Friday April 18, 2025. (Jane Barlow/PA via AP)
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A Greek Orthodox priest holds a statue of Christ during a Good Friday reenactment of the Deposition of Jesus Christ at Agios Antonios church in the northern suburb of Chalandri during Holy Week in Athens, Greece, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
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A Christian woman takes a selfie as she attends a prayer services at St. Anthony Church, marking Good Friday, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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A Christian woman kisses the cross during a service at St. Anthony Church, marking Good Friday, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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Christians attend a prayer service at St. Anthony Church, marking Good Friday, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
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A buyer chooses hand decorated Easter eggs, on Orthodox Good Friday at a green market in Belgrade, Serbia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
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People attend the Way of Cross ceremony to mark Good Friday in the Old City of Tallinn, Estonia, during Holy Week, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
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On Good Friday, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Catholics observe a special rite called the Adoration of the Cross, where they venerate the cross, a symbol of Christ’s sacrifice and the source of salvation, Tallahassee, Fla., Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)
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On Good Friday, at the Co-Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Catholics observe a special rite called the Adoration of the Cross, where they venerate the cross, a symbol of Christ’s sacrifice and the source of salvation, Tallahassee, Fla., Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Gary McCullough)
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Nuns attend the procession outside the Colosseum during the Via Crucis (Latin for ‘way of the cross’) in Rome, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Cardinal Baldassare Reina, Vicar General of Pope Francis for the Diocese of Rome, leads the procession in front of the Colosseum during the Via Crucis (Latin for ‘way of the cross’) in Rome, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Catholic clergymen take part in a Good Friday ceremony reenacting the funeral of Jesus Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Catholic clergymen take part in a Good Friday ceremony reenacting the funeral of Jesus Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Catholic clergymen take part in a Good Friday ceremony reenacting the funeral of Jesus Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Catholic clergymen take part in a Good Friday ceremony reenacting the funeral of Jesus Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Faithful attend the procession started inside the Colosseum during the Via Crucis (Latin for ‘way of the cross’) in Rome, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

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