This is a photo collection curated by AP photo editors.
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers pray during the Holy Week, at the Ethiopian monks' quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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A gaucho, or South American cowboy, rides a horse during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
A woman holds a cross calling for freedom for political prisoners during a performance of the Way of the Cross during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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Worshipers react in tears while looking at the Christ of 'El Cerro' brotherhood as they process through the streets of Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Worshipers throw flower petals at the figure of the Virgin Mary being carried through the streets of Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers pray during the Holy Week, at the Ethiopian monks' quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
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Nazarenes carry incense burners during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
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Youths dressed as penitents take part in a children's torch procession during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Children carry an image of Jesus Christ at a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Moises Castillo)
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A woman carries a child dressed as a Roman soldier during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Moises Castillo)
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Nazarenes carry a float during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
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An Orthodox chanter sings at Bachkovo Monastery during Holy Thursday liturgy and preparations for Easter in Bachkovo, Bulgaria, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
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Eggs dyed red are polished in the kitchen at Bachkovo Monastery during preparations for Easter in Bachkovo, Bulgaria, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
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Pope Francis leaves in a car at the end of his visit on Holy Thursday to the Regina Coeli penitentiary in Rome, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A performer looks from the stage as they reenact the passion and sufferings of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Performers dressed as Roman soldiers push a man playing as Barabbas as they reenact the passion and sufferings of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
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Penitents take part in the Procession of Souls during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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Catholic worshippers hold candles as they take part in a procession following a path believed to be taken when Jesus was arrested and brought to trial, during the Holy Week, outside the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
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Penitents perform final prayers in front of a chapel during the Procession of Souls during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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A penitent carries a lit candle and bundle of thorny branches during a Holy Week procession in Taxco, Mexico, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
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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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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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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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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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Worshippers hold a cross during a Way of the Cross procession in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
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Devotees burn incense for the Virgin of Solitude during a procession in commemoration of the mourning for the death of her son, Jesus Christ at Calvary, in Antigua, Guatemala, on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Devotees carry a religious float with a statue of the Virgin of Solitude, in background, right center, commemorating the death of Jesus Christ at Calvary, during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
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Residents from the Mendrisio region carry illuminated lanterns with the story of Christ's Passion through the old town center of Mendrisio during the Good Friday Procession in Mendrisio, Switzerland, Friday, April 18, 2025. (Pablo Gianinazzi/Keystone via AP)
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A child kisses a holy book after the Good Friday religious service at the Armenian Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
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A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is whipped by a fellow devotee playing the role of a Roman soldier, during a Way of the Cross reenactment, as part of Holy Week celebrations in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
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