Scenes From Holy Week

PowerPoint Show by Andrew

This week, Christians around the world celebrate Holy Week and Easter, commemorating the final days of Jesus Christ—his return to Jerusalem, his crucifixion, and his resurrection.

Families attend church services, hooded penitents take part in processions, and artists and families decorate Easter eggs. In Catholic passion plays, participants depict Jesus' trial and death.

Other local rituals draw heavily on earlier pre-Christian traditions.

Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Nazareno, during a procession known as Jesus Nazareno of the tapes, during Holy Week in Cot, Costa Rica, 25 km east of San Jose, on April 12, 2017.

Penitents wear masks and centurion costumes during a local Lenten ritual called "Moriones" in Mogpog, Marinduque, Philippines, on April 12, 2017.

Latin Catholic clergymen hold candles as they circle the Anointing Stone during the Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 13, 2017.

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian women attend a washing of the feet ceremony at Deir El Sultan monastery on top of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem, on April 13, 2017.

Catholics take part in a procession during Palm Sunday celebration in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on April 9, 2017.

Actors dressed as demons participate in a ceremony known as Los Talciguines, as part of religious activities to mark the start of Holy Week in Texistepeque, El Salvador, on April 10, 2017.

An actor dressed as a demon whips a resident during a ceremony known as Los Talciguines, in Texistepeque, El Salvador, on April 10, 2017.

A woman wearing the traditional mantilla from "La Paz" brotherhood takes part in a Holy Week procession in Cordoba, Spain, on April 12, 2017.

A penitent holds a rosary while taking part in the procession of the "Exaltacion de La Santa Cruz" brotherhood, during Holy Week in Zaragoza, Spain, on April 13, 2017.

A penitent poses for a photo while taking part in the procession of the "Exaltacion de La Santa Cruz" brotherhood in Zaragoza, Spain, on April 13.

Penitents of the "Real Hermandad del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias" parade during the "Silence" procession during Holy Week in the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora on April 12, 2017.

A woman walks past giant egg decorations set up in the center of Moscow on April 11, 2017, days ahead of Russian Orthodox Easter celebrations. This year's Orthodox Easter falls on April 16, 2017.

Christians pray during Palm Sunday mass inside the Cave Cathedral on the Mokattam hills overlooking Cairo, Egypt, on April 9, 2017.

Ethiopians pray during Palm Sunday mass inside the Cave Cathedral overlooking Cairo, Egypt, on April 9, 2017.

Penitents from 'Cristo de la Buena Muerte' brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, in the early hours of April 11, 2017.

Girls dressed in traditional costumes run as men throw water on them as part of Easter celebrations in Mezokovesd, Hungary, on April 13, 2017.

Members of the Spanish Legion carry a statue of the Christ of the Good Death to the Santo Domingo de Guzman Church during a Holy Week procession on April 13, 2017, in Malaga, Spain.

Villagers from Copaciu, Romania, light fires at the village cemetery early on April 13, 2017, three days before the celebration of Orthodox Easter.

The folk saint Maximon arrives at the town hall, surrounded by worshipers in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala, on April 12, 2017.

A South American cowboy known as a gaucho tries to tame a wild horse during the Criolla del Prado rodeo in Montevideo, Uruguay, on April 12.

A woman looks at huge Easter eggs in the open air festival in the center of Kiev, Ukraine, on April 12, 2017.

Hooded penitents from "La Borriquita" take part in a Holy Week procession in Cordoba, Spain, on April 9, 2017.

An actor portrays the crucified Jesus Christ during the interactive street-theatre Passion play "Il-Mixja" (The Way), one of a series of Holy Week activities in the run-up to Easter, in the grounds of Verdala Palace outside Rabat, Malta, on April 11, 2017.

Penitents of "La Estrella" brotherhood take part in a procession during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, on April 10, 2017.

An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian woman prays during washing of the feet ceremony at Deir El Sultan monastery on top of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem on April 13, 2017.