Christians across the world celebrated Easter on Sunday, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.
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The Holy Sepulcher church in Jerusalem was packed with worshippers on Sunday. The site is where Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and resurrected. Ariel Schalit/AP Photo -
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian women pray at Deir El Sultan outside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher on April 5, 2015. Ariel Schalit/AP Photo -
At the Vatican, tens of thousands of pilgrims huddled under umbrellas in a rain-soaked St Peter’s Square to hear Pope Francis deliver his ‘Urbi et Orbi’ (To the City and World) blessing, broadcast live to dozens of countries on April 5, 2015. Max Rossi/Reuters -
People holding candles during an Easter vigil mass in the Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania, on April 4, 2015. Petras Malukas/AFP Photo -
Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III , centre, carries a cross shaped palm branch as he leads the Palm Sunday Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City on April 5, 2015. Gali Tibbon/AFP Photo -
A boy looks on as church members light candles during an Easter Sunday service at the Catholic church in Garissa in Kenya. In his traditional Easter meesage, the pontiff said he prayed for those killed in armed conflict, including the students massacred by Somali gunmen at a Garissa university in Kenya. Noor Khamis/Reuters -
Ethiopian Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday on the roof of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City, April 5, 2015. Latin Catholics celebrate Easter Sunday as Orthodox Christians begin their Holy Week festivities with Palm Sunday. Jim Hollander/EPA
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