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Easter Sunday around the world – in pictures

From Tehran to Cameroon, people take part in Easter celebrations

Cardinal Pizzaballa leads the Easter Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Photograph: Nicolawos Hazboun/Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem/AFP/Getty Images

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The pope next to a flower display — The Vatican
Pope Leo XIV presides over the Easter mass in St Peter’s SquarePhotograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

A view of St Peter’s basilica with a large crowd in front — St Peter’s Square as Pope Leo XIV presides over the Easter massPhotograph: Franco Origlia/Getty Images

Young women queue up for communion during mass in Yaounde — Yaounde, Cameroon
Easter mass at Notre Dame des Victoires CathedralPhotograph: Daniel Beloumou Olomo/AFP/Getty Images

Children attend an Easter mass — Beirut, Lebanon
Children take part in an Easter mass at the Our Lady of Hope church, also attended by faithful from southern LebanonPhotograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

Sepuh Sargsyan blesses some children, with an Easter basket in the foreground — Tehran, Iran
Sepuh Sargsyan, archbishop and prelate of the Armenian Apostolic diocese of Tehran, blesses a child after Easter Sunday mass at Saint Sarkis CathedralPhotograph: Francisco Seco/AP

Cardinal Pizzaballa walks through a large door — Jerusalem
Cardinal Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, enters the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in the old city of JerusalemPhotograph: Nicolawos Hazboun/Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem/AFP/Getty Images

Cardinal Pizzaballa leads mass in a church with lots of gold decoration — Jerusalem
Cardinal Pizzaballa leads the Easter Sunday mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. In the usually lively alleyways of Jerusalem’s Old City, silence reigned on Easter Sunday, with the holiday overshadowed by war and restrictions on access to the Holy Sepulchre, where the faithful commemorate Christ’s crucifixion and resurrectionPhotograph: Nicolawos Hazboun/Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem/AFP/Getty Images

Father Gabriel Romanelli celebrates mass at a church in Gaza City — Gaza City
Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest at the Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Family, leads prayers during the Easter Sunday massPhotograph: Omar al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images

A Pakistani Christian girl prays. — Lahore, Pakistan
Pakistani Christians attend a mass on Easter Sunday at the Cathedral Church in LahorePhotograph: A Hussain/EPA

Two rows of people having Easter baskets blessed by a priest in Transylvania — Transylvania, Romania
Ethnic Hungarians stand behind their Easter baskets brought to be blessed on Easter Sunday in the main square of the city of Csikszereda, or Miercurea-Ciuc. According to tradition, Catholic priests bless ham, brioche, boiled eggs and wine on Easter SundayPhotograph: Nandor Veres/EPA

A statue of Jesus is carried at a procession in Malta — Cospicua, Malta
Worshippers carry a statue of the Risen Christ during a processionPhotograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters

A young man uses incense in front of a religious icon in Gaza City — Gaza City
An acolyte uses a thurible with incense at an image of Jesus Christ as Palestinian Christians attend Easter mass at the Holy Family ChurchPhotograph: Dawoud Abu Alkas/Reuters

Péter Fülöp Kocsis blesses Easter baskets in Hajdúdorog — Hajdúdorog, Hungary
Péter Fülöp Kocsis, the metropolitan archbishop of Hajdúdorog and head of the Hungarian-Greek Catholic church blesses food and wine presented in baskets by the faithful after the Easter Sunday holy mass in the garden of the Greek Catholic CathedralPhotograph: Zsolt Czeglédi/EPA

Sarah Mullally sprinkles holy water — Kent, UK
Sarah Mullally, the archbishop of Canterbury, sprinkles holy waterPhotograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

The archbishop of Canterbury speaks to the congration — Kent, UK
The archbishop of Canterbury delivers her sermon as she leads the Easter sung eucharist at Canterbury CathedralPhotograph: Gareth Fuller/AP

People wave coloured fabric at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium during Easter celebrations — Kathmandu, Nepal
Christians participate in a mass prayer gathering at Dasarath Rangasala Stadium to mark Easter Sunday. The event includes collective worship, hymns, and prayersPhotograph: Sanjit Pariyar/NurPhoto/Shutterstock

Queen Camilla and King Charles III meet members of the public outside church — Windsor, UK
Queen Camilla and King Charles III meet members of the public after attending the 2026 Easter Matins Service at St George’s ChapelPhotograph: Alberto Pezzali/WPA Pool/Getty Images

A girl runs through a church service in Jammu, wearing a pink dress — Jammu, India
Easter Sunday prayersPhotograph: Channi Anand/AP

George McCullough holds a chocolate bunny aloft — Ratoath, Ireland
George McCullough, aged 2 from Kells, enjoys day 2 of the Easter festival at Fairyhouse Racecourse in County MeathPhotograph: Tom Maher/Inpho/Shutterstock

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