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1. Reuters Pictures 1 day ago
   

   People wait to be served steaks during the Tsiknopempti holiday in Athens February 16, 2012. People celebrate this holiday by taking part in a feast where they eat meat, before the start of Lent on Ash Monday, 40 days before celebrating the Orthodox... View Photo »

2. AP Photo 2 months ago
   

   Pope Benedict XVI waves as he leaves at the end of a mass for Latin America, in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. Pope Benedict XVI says he hopes to travel to Cuba and Mexico sometime before Easter and wants to strengthen the... View Photo »

3. AP Photo 2 months ago
   

   Aztec dancer Ehecatonatihu greets a friend while carrying a statue of Mexico's patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, to an Aztec altar outside the Basilica of Guadalupe during the religious icon's feast day in Mexico City, Monday Dec. 12, 2011. An... View Photo »

4. AP Photo 2 months ago
   

   A pilgrim holds a wooden cross as he watches fellow pilgrims break camp in the morning outside the Basilica of Guadalupe on the feast day of Mexico's patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, in Mexico City, Monday Dec. 12, 2011. An estimated 6 million... View Photo »

5. AP Photo 2 months ago
   

   Pilgrims holding images of Mexico's patron saint, the Virgin of Guadalupe, wait outside the Basilica of Guadalupe to attend a Mass honoring the religious icon's feast day in Mexico City, Monday Dec. 12, 2011. An estimated 6 million Catholic faithful... View Photo »

6. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago
   

   RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2011 - People watch a screen as Spanish actor and director Antonio Banderas delivers a traditional speech known as the "pregon" to open the year's Malaga Holy Week in Malaga April 9, 2011. Hundreds of Easter processions will take... View Photo »

7. Reuters Pictures 2 months ago
   

   RNPS IMAGES OF THE YEAR 2011 - A child dressed up as a Spanish legionnaire looks at another boy holding a toy during the Holy Week in Malaga April 21, 2011. Hundreds of Easter processions take place round-the-clock during the Holy Week in Spain drawing... View Photo »

8. AP Photo 3 months ago
   

   Women with red noses celebrate in Cologne, Germany, at the day of the traditional carnival opening, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Tens of thousands revellers celebrate in costumes in the streets at the carnival capital Cologne. The date marks the traditional... View Photo »

9. AP Photo 3 months ago
   

   A female clown dances and sings in Cologne, Germany, at the day of the traditional carnival opening, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011. Tens of thousands revellers celebrate in costumes in the streets at the carnival capital Cologne. The date marks the traditional... View Photo »

10. AP Photo 4 months ago
    

    Ed Easter poses for a photo in Ledyard, N.Y. , Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. Easter is challenging Rose Marie Belforti for town clerk. Shortly after New York became the largest state to sanction gay marriage this summer, longtime town clerk Belforti told... View Photo »

11. Reuters Pictures 6 months ago
    

    Family Baptist Church Pastor Joe Nelms (back), 35, of Lebanon, Tennessee, his wife Lisa, 34, and their children Eli, 8, and Emma, 6, are pictured in this 2011 Easter photograph released to Reuters on July 25, 2011. Nelms, pastor of Family Baptist Church... View Photo »

12. Getty Images 7 months ago
    

    A Pakistani Christian prays during a special Good Friday service at St Andrew's Church in Karachi on April 22, 2011. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. View Photo »

13. AP Photo 7 months ago
    

    CAPTION CORRECTION, CORRECTS YEAR IN CAPTION - Pope Benedict XVI, behind the Corpus Christ's relic, leads the Corpus Christi procession on an open vehicle from St. John in Lateran Basilica to St. Mary Major Basilica, in Rome, Thursday, June 23, 2011. ... View Photo »

14. Getty Images 8 months ago
    

    This file photo taken on October 20, 2005 shows German conductor Christian Thielemann (C) performing in front of Pope Benedict XVI during a concert at the Nervi hall at The Vatican. The Salzbrug Easter Festival of opera and music chose the Staatskapelle... View Photo »

15. Reuters Pictures 8 months ago
    

    Christian Orthodox faithfuls attend a midnight Easter mass inside Bet Medhane Alem rock church in Lalibela April 23, 2011. According to legend, angels helped King Lalibela build this church and others like it in the 11th and 12th century after he... View Photo »

16. Getty Images 9 months ago
    

    A penitent films a friend before a procession of Holy Week along a street of Quito on April 22, 2011. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ. View Photo »

17. Getty Images 9 months ago
    

    Three musicians are seen during the Virgen de Dolores (Virgin Mary of Sorrows) procession during Holy Week in Guatemala City on April 21, 2011. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and... View Photo »

18. AP Photo 9 months ago
    

    A person takes a picture of a statue of Jesus Christ during Holy Week celebrations in Niquinohomo, Nicaragua, on Easter Sunday April 24, 2011. Christians from around the world are celebrating Easter Sunday, marking the day of Jesus' resurrection two... View Photo »

19. AP Photo 9 months ago
    

    In this image taken from video, debris lies outside the storm-damaged Ferguson Christian Church in Ferguson, Mo. Sunday, April 24, 2011, which was hit during Friday's tornado. Easter services were moved to St. Louis Christian College in Florissant, Mo.... View Photo »

20. Reuters Pictures 9 months ago
    

    A man prays next to a giant Easter egg, in front of St James Church, in Medjugorje, April 24, 2011. Catholic believers have made pilgrimages to the church for the past 30 years since a group of locals said they had apparitions from the Virgin Mary. View Photo »