In pictures: Easter celebrated around the world

Christians around the world have gathered to mark Easter. Here's how some celebrated.

Several African women in long dresses and robes hold candles while looking forward with solemn expressions.

Kenyan worshippers attend an Easter vigil mass at the St Helena Parish within the informal settlement of Mathare, in Nairobi. Source: AAP / Daniel Irungu/EPA

In an burst of colour and passion, Christians around the world have celebrated Easter — or are still celebrating, depending on the time zone.

As with any religious holiday observed by such a wide variety of cultures, Easter celebrations come in many forms — although all focus on the crucifixion and resurrection story that is central to the Christian faith.

The images below are just a small selection of this variety of spiritual traditions.

Bali, Indonesia

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Students of St Thomas Aquino Catholic High School perform a Passion Play depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at the Seminary of the Holy Spirit in Tuka, Bali. Source: AAP / Dicky Bisinglasi / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

Cairo, Egypt

Several women stand in wooden pews looking forward with serious expressions.

Coptic Orthodox Christians gather for an Easter service at the Monastery of Saint Simon the Tanner in Cairo on 10 April 2025. Source: Anadolu / Ahmed Sayed / Anadolu via Getty Images

Cottbus, Germany

A group of women in black church costumes sing from hymn books in the street.

Women sing Easter hymns as they walk through the village of Maust near Cottbus, Germany. Credit: Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images

Iztapalapa, Mexico

A man wearing a roman centurion's uniform holds up by the hair a man lying prostrate with tattered robes and a bleeding face.

Locals in Iztapalapa, Mexico, re-enact the passion of Christ in this year's Good Friday procession. Source: AAP / Ian Robles/ Eyepix Group/Sipa USA

Vatican City

Pope Francis sitting down on a chair sips water next to a clergyman speaking into a lectern microphone.

Pope Francis (left) appears at the central lodge of St Peter's Basilica to bestow a blessing at the end of the Easter mass at the Vatican on Sunday. Source: AAP / Gregorio Borgia/AP

A photo from above shows a procession of white-robed clergymen and a small group of visitors in a historical European square.

Priests reach out to faithful for the Eucharist during the Easter mass in St Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday. Source: AAP / Gregorio Borgia/AP

Dardghaya, Lebanon

A priest leads a small congregation in prayer inside a building filled with rubble.

Worshippers gather for Easter Mass inside the ruins of St George Melkite Catholic Church in Dardghaya, southern Lebanon, on Sunday. The church was heavily damaged by an Israeli airstrike earlier in the conflict. Source: AAP / Hassan Ammar/AP

North Macedonia

Orthodox pilgrims light candles from the torches burning with the Holy Fire from Jerusalem during an Orthodox Christian Easter service in North Macedonia. Source: AAP / Georgi Licovski / EPA

Karachi, Pakistan

Four women and one man, all wearing long white robes, kneel to pray with more devotees standing behind them.

Pakistani Christians attend a midnight Easter Mass at St Patrick's Cathedral Church in Karachi. Source: AAP / Fareed Khan/AP

Las Pinas, the Phillipines

Young girls in white angel costumes scatter confetti while walking down a street together.

Children take part in a procession marking Easter Sunday in Las Pinas, the Philippines. Source: AAP / EPA / Francis R Malaga

Valencia, Spain

Several people wearing white and red robes with tall black pointy hoods stand in front of a water-damaged building.

Several penitents at Easter Sunday's Procession of the Meeting in Benetusser town, Valencia, eastern Spain. Source: AAP / EPA/Ana Escobar

Mosul, Iraq

A young altar boy in a white robe standing in a crowd of Christian churchgoers, holds up a crucifix with Arabic writing.

Christians gathered at Mar Yohanna Church in the town of Hamdaniya, near Mosul, Iraq, to celebrate Easter Sunday. Source: Anadolu / Ismael Adnan Yaqoob/Anadolu via Getty Images

Bucharest, Romania

Several people light candles from one being held out by a priest in a darkened church.

Romanian believers take holy light for their candles from an Orthodox priest during an Easter mass held in Dascalu village, near Bucharest. Source: AAP / EPA/Robert Ghement

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Published 20 April 2025 7:24pm

Updated 2h ago 8:39pm

Source: SBS News