Celebrating Easter around the world

An Egyptian Orthodox Christian celebrates Palm Sunday during a service in the Samaan el-Kharaz Church in the Mokattam district of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 5, 2015. For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. Western Christian churches and most Orthodox Christian churches follow different calendars and observe Easter on different dates. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

A traditional healer performs a cleansing ceremony in the Olrando West section of Soweto, Johannesburg on April 5, 2015. (MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Members of the Eastern Baptist Zionist Church perform a Easter ritual at a heavily polluted bight of the Klipspruit River, in Lenasia, Johannesburg on April 5, 2015. (MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Catholics carry a statue of Jesus Christ during an Easter Sunday procession in Tegucigalpa, on April 5, 2015. (ORLANDO SIERRA/AFP/Getty Images)

Participants dressed as biblical figures stand after marching in the annual Easter procession during traditional Semana Santa (Holy Week) festivities on April 5, 2015 in Ouro Preto, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Participants gather while watching the annual Easter procession during traditional Semana Santa (Holy Week) festivities on April 5, 2015 in Ouro Preto, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Participants dressed as angels march in the annual Easter procession during traditional Semana Santa (Holy Week) festivities on April 5, 2015 in Ouro Preto, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

People gather and watch the annual Easter procession during traditional Semana Santa (Holy Week) festivities on April 5, 2015 in Ouro Preto, Brazil. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Egyptian Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday at the Samaan el-Kharaz Church in the Mokattam district of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 5, 2015. For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. Western Christian churches and most Orthodox Christian churches follow different calendars and observe Easter on different dates. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Egyptian Orthodox Christians weave palm fronds during a service to celebrate Palm Sunday in the Samaan el-Kharaz Church in the Mokattam district of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 5, 2015. For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. Western Christian churches and most Orthodox Christian churches follow different calendars and observe Easter on different dates. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Members of the Eastern Baptist Zionist Church perform a Easter ritual at a heavily polluted bight of the Klipspruit River, in Lenasia, Johannesburg on April 5, 2015. (MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images)

An Egyptian Orthodox Christian weaves palm fronds into the shape of a cross as he celebrates Palm Sunday during a service in the Samaan el-Kharaz Church in the Mokattam district of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 5, 2015. For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. Western Christian churches and most Orthodox Christian churches follow different calendars and observe Easter on different dates. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Egyptian Orthodox Christians celebrate Palm Sunday during a service in the Samaan el-Kharaz Church in the Mokattam district of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 5, 2015. For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. Western Christian churches and most Orthodox Christian churches follow different calendars and observe Easter on different dates. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Egyptian Orthodox Christian children play on a hill as they celebrate Palm Sunday at the Samaan el-Kharaz Church in the Mokattam district of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, April 5, 2015. For Christians worldwide, Palm Sunday marks Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. Western Christian churches and most Orthodox Christian churches follow different calendars and observe Easter on different dates. (AP Photo/Mosa’ab Elshamy)

Ethan Land, age 4, follows Sharon Wennerstrom as she distributes more plastic eggs during the Easter at Coolidge event on Sunday, Apr. 5, 2015, in Chattanooga, Tenn. An estimated 100,000 plastic eggs containing candy and prizes were distributed to children before an outdoor public worship service in Coolidge Park along the banks of the Tennessee River. (AP Photo/Chattanooga Times Free Press, John Rawlston)

Father Joseph Lubrano greets parishioners on Monte Sano, a prominent north Alabama mountain, during a sunrise Easter service Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Huntsville, Ala. (AP Photo/Eric Schultz, AL.com)

People gather at Red Bank Landing, Va. for an Easter Sunrise Service on Sunday, April 5, 2015. (AP Photo/Eastern Shore News, Jay Diem)

Members of the Eastern Baptist Zionist Church perform a Easter ritual at a heavily polluted bight of the Klipspruit River, in Lenasia, Johannesburg on April 5, 2015. (MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images)

A woman drinks a herb concoction at the end of a traditional cleansing ceremony performed by a healer in the Olrando West section of Soweto, Johannesburg on April 5, 2015. (MUJAHID SAFODIEN/AFP/Getty Images)

Celebrating Easter around the world

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