Christians around the world observe Easter week

A penitent of the 'La Paz' brotherhood participates in the Palm Sunday procession at the start of the Holy Week on March 25, 2018.

Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during Holy Week.

Roman Catholic clergymen hold candles as they circle the Stone of the Anointing during the Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday) Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the site of Christ's crucifixion and resurrection, in the old city of Jerusalem on March 29.

Two devotees known as ''La Manolas'' participate in a Palm Sunday procession on March 25. 

Women, their heads covered by veils, burn incense as they accompany the Good Friday procession on March 30. Thousands of Roman Catholics fill the streets marking the crucifixion of Jesus, with a procession honoring the Lord of Miracles, or Senor de los Milagros, the patron saint of most Catholic Peruvians.

A girl burns incense while taking part in a Holy Week procession on April 1.

People pray during an annual Easter service rally at Yeonsei University on April 1. About 10,000 participants prayed for peace and denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.

Palestinian Christians attend a service on Easter Sunday at the Church of Saint Porphyrius on April 1.

Children carry an image of Jesus while taking part in a Holy Week procession on April 1.

A woman participates in a Palm Sunday procession on March 25.

Men known as Nazarenes rest next to their crosses after a procession marking Good Friday in the neighborhood of Iztapalapa on March 30.

Every year, hundreds of residents from this working-class neighborhood carry crosses up a nearby hill, the site of a re-enactment of Jesus' crucifixion, in one of Mexico's largest Holy Week celebrations.

A boy puts on a cross during a Palm Sunday Mass on March 25.

A penitent dressed in traditional Spanish attire checks her phone as she waits for the start of the Los Estudiantes procession during Holy Week on March 25.

Penitents from the El Nazareno brotherhood walk to the Jesus Nazareno Church as people pass by before a procession during Maundy Wednesday on March 29.

Vladimir Kuzmin carries the cross during a Stations of the Cross procession on the Brooklyn Bridge on March 30.

A worker lights the cross before the arrival of Pope Francis for the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession at the Colosseum on March 30.

Penitents of the "La O" brotherhood walk over Triana bridge during a Good Friday procession on March 30.

People pray at Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception on March 29.

Pope Francis prostrates himself in prayer during the celebration the Lord's Passion on Good Friday at Saint Peter's Basilica on March 30.

Catholics re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus at the compound of St. Mikael church on March 30.

The Wintershall Players perform 'The Passion of Jesus' in Trafalgar Square on March 30.

An actor dressed as Jesus carries a cross as he re-enacts the crucifixion walk along the Via Dolorosa toward the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on March 30.

A pilgrim carries a wooden cross on the final leg of an annual pilgrimage to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne on March 30. 

A woman wears an Easter bonnet during the annual Easter parade on April 1. Dating to the 1870s, the parade attracts thousands of people every year.

People wearing Easter bonnets and Easter costumes participate in the annual Easter parade on April 1. 

Children participate in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House  on April 2.

President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump and the Easter Bunny  greet the crowd during the annual White House Easter Egg Roll on April 2.