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On Easter, Christians celebrate the Resurrection In religious services around the world, Christians observed Jesus’ Resurrection after a Holy Week marking his Passion and death.
April 8, 2012
A boy prays at Easter Sunday service at an outdoor church in Lilongwe, Malawi. Malawi's new president, Joyce Banda, was sworn in smoothly just hours after officials confirmed the death two days earlier of President Bingu wa Mutharika whose rule had sparked alarms over democratic freedoms and economic mismanagement.
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April 8, 2012
Women pray and sing during an Easter Sunday service at an outdoor church in Lilongwe.
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April 8, 2012
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, prepares for communion during the Easter day service at Canterbury Cathedral, southeastern England. Dr. Williams has warned against downgrading the status of religious education in secondary schools in his last Easter sermon as leader of the Church of England. He told the congregation at Canterbury Cathedral that young people's hostility toward faith is not as extreme as society perceives.
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April 8, 2012
A tourist takes in the fragrance of a blossom at Keukenhof flower exhibition in Lisse, near Amsterdam. The Dutch Bureau for Tourism and Congresses expects about 850,000 tourist to visit The Netherlands over the Easter weekend.
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April 8, 2012
Dyed chicks are displayed for sale for Easter in the Bab Touma district in Damascus, Syria. Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and said he hopes the joy of Easter will comfort Christians who are suffering because of their faith.
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April 8, 2012
Women sing hymns as they celebrate Easter Sunday at the Good Harbor Beach Sunrise Service in Gloucester, Mass.
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April 8, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful after the Urbi and Orbi blessing at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the the Vatican Sunday.
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April 8, 2012
Pakistani Christians pray during Easter Mass at St. John's Church in Peshawar, Pakistan.
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April 8, 2012
A woman prays during Easter mass in St Andrew's Church in Karachi, Pakistan.
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April 8, 2012
Iraqi attend an Easter Sunday Service at the Virgin Mary Chaldean Christian church.
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April 8, 2012
Palestinian Orthodox Christians participate in the Palm Sunday procession in the northern West Bank village of Al-Zababedah. Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate Easter according to the Julian calendar.
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April 8, 2012
Clara, 19, member of “Jesus Atado a la Columna” confraternity plays her drum during the traditional “Tamborrada,” celebrating Holy Week Resurrection day, at Mayor Square in Madrid. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.
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April 8, 2012
A man attends an Easter Sunday Service with very few attendees in the capital Khartoum as many of the South Sudanese Christians already returned to the south. The deadline for the South Sudanese fell on Easter Sunday to leave Sudan or formalize their status in the country as an estimated 500,000 of them remain in Sudan, waiting for clear direction on what to do.
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April 7, 2012
Pope Benedict XVI lights a white candle as he enters a hushed and darkened St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican. to begin the Vatican's Easter vigil service. Except for the twinkle of camera flashes, the basilica was almost pitch-black as the thousands of faithful in pews awaited Benedict's arrival through the rear entrance Saturday night. Christians on Easter joyously mark their belief that Christ rose from the dead after his crucifixion. Praying at the start of the service, Benedict said Easter brings hope to the faithful. On Sunday morning, he will lead Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square.
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April 8, 2012
Romanian Orthodox nuns hold cross-shaped palm branches during the Orthodox Palm Sunday Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City. The ceremony is a landmark in the Christian calendar, marking the triumphant return of Christ to Jerusalem the week before his death, when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves. Eastern Orthodox observe Easter in the week following the Christian church in the West.
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April 8, 2012
Members of the Syriac Orthodox church pray during the Syriac Orthodox Palm Sunday Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City.
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