Good Friday celebrations and services from around the world
Local churchgoers on a traditional Good Friday procession from St John's Wood to Marylebone in North London
The Reverend Canon John Manchester lights a candle for Claudia Lawrence inside St Mary's Priory Church, Old Malton, North Yorkshire. Peter Lawrence, the father of Claudia, the university chef who went missing in York last month, issued a fresh appeal today for help in finding his daughter. "Easter is a time of hope," he said
Worshippers celebrate Easter by taking part in the Christ the Saviour Brotherhood procession on the beach in Valencia, Spain
Actors perform the Stations of the Cross during the Good Friday procession in Bensheim, western Germany. Thousands lined the roads of the village to attend the Passion Play
An actor dressed as Jesus Christ carries a cross through the streets of Sydney, Australia
John Michael, an Australian, is nailed to a cross in Kapitangan, near Manila in the Philippines. The Church frowns on the practice and every year the health department warns that anyone planning to be crucified should ensure that the nails are sterilised beforehand. The Easter rituals have become a tourist attraction
Villagers re-enact the Crucifixion in Cutud, north of Manila
An Indian Christian carries a crucifix through Mumbai on Good Friday. Hundreds of his fellow devotees participated in a street procession portraying the suffering meted out by Roman soldiers to Jesus Christ on his way to the Crucifixion
A Christian boy carries a crucifix as he takes part in a silent Good Friday procession in Calcutta
A man carries a bundle of cacti on his shoulders during a procession of penitents in Taxco, Mexico
A young boy dressed as an angel for Holy Week in Taxco
Brilly Liangco, 39, a Filipino, is nailed to a wooden cross in San Fernando, in Pampanga province, northern Philippines. More than a dozen people were nailed to crosses in Pampanga on Good Friday
Pilgrims cross Beal Sands on the annual Northern Cross Pilgrimage to Holy Island near Berwick-upon-Tweed. More than 60 pilgrims walk 100 miles through Northumberland and the Scottish Borders
Andre Vingt-Trois, the Archbishop of Paris, kneels during the traditional Roman Catholic Easter procession at the Sacre Coeur basilica in Montmartre
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