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Good Friday around the world – in pictures
Christians take part in processions and re-enactments to commemorate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ
Penitents of Cofradía del Dulce Nombre de Jesús Nazareno brotherhood carry the Coronación de Espinas float during Good Friday’s Procesión de los Pasos in Leon, Spain. Photograph: J Casares/EPA
Fri 3 Apr 2026 11.39 EDT Last modified on Fri 3 Apr 2026 13.08 EDT
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A parishioner portraying Jesus Christ takes part in a Stations of the Cross devotion during a service at St Charbel’s Maronite Catholic parish in Sydney, Australia Photograph: Bianca de Marchi/AAP
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Catholics take part in a re-enactment of the Passion of Christ at St Bonaventure church in Jakarta, Indonesia Photograph: Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
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The skater John Talasinga bears a cross made from an old mattress on his back while rolling along the road in Wakiso, Uganda Photograph: Badru Katumba/AFP/Getty Images
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The Passion of Jesus is performed in front of the National Gallery by the Wintershall Players in Trafalgar Square, London Photograph: Isabel Infantes/Reuters
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Actors bring down Heron Aquino after he was nailed to the cross during a re-enactment of Jesus Christ’s sufferings in Pampanga, Philippines Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP
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Members of St Dominic Catholic church perform Jesus’s walk along Via Dolorosa on the way to his crucifixion in Lagos, Nigeria Photograph: Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters
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People wearing masks push wooden rattles as they take part in the traditional Bohemian Good Friday procession through the streets of České Budějovice, Czech Republic Photograph: Martin Divíšek/EPA
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Sisters of Mother Teresa, the Missionaries of Charity, rally with a cross in Kolkata, India Photograph: Debarchan Chatterjee/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
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Prayers during a service at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan Photograph: KM Chaudary/AP
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A procession after the Good Friday Mass at St Anthony Church in Beirut, which was devoted to expressing solidarity with Christian villagers in southern Lebanon displaced by the war Photograph: Emilio Morenatti/AP
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Members of the Kingdom of God church conduct a baptism in the Kliprivier, south of Johannesburg, South Africa Photograph: Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters
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A ceremony on the beach in Durban, South Africa Photograph: Rogan Ward/Reuters
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Participants in the Misteri procession on the island of Procida, Italy Photograph: Claudia Greco/Reuters
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Penitents of Cofradía del Dulce Nombre de Jesús Nazareno brotherhood carry the Coronación de Espinas float during Good Friday’s Procesión de los Pasos in Leon, Spain Photograph: J Casares/EPA
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Members of the Italian community take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Bensheim, Germany Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters
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A flagellant wearing dried banana leaves and a headdress whips his own back during Good Friday Lenten rites in Infanta, Philippines. Although flagellation is condemned by the Catholic church, thousands still practice it as a form of popular piety and it has become a part of Philippine tradition in Asia’s largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
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Members of St Peter’s Anglican church carry a cross on Good Friday in Marondera, Zimbabwe Photograph: Philimon Bulawayo/Reuters
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A young Catholic devotee takes part in a procession from Balide church in Dili, Timor-Leste Photograph: Valentino Dariell de Sousa/AFP/Getty Images
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Members of the Hermandad del Saltisimo Cristo del Salvador brotherhood carry an effigy of Christ to the sea during a procession in Valencia, Spain Photograph: Ana Escobar/EPA
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Pilgrims pray as they take part in a Way of the Cross procession in Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, Poland Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
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Christians re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Guwahati, India Photograph: Anupam Nath/AP
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Pilgrims walk over the tidal causeway to Lindisfarne (Holy Island) during the final leg of the annual Northern Cross pilgrimage in Northumberland, England Photograph: Temilade Adelaja/Reuters
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