Easter celebrations

A Catholic prays next to a Jesus Christ crucifixion statue in the La Merced church in La Paz March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Indian Catholics including nuns, altar boys and girls parade with a cross during a procession in remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in New Delhi on March 29, 2013. Christians, for whom Easter marks the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ, account for 2.3 percent of India's billion-plus Hindu-majority population.

View of a sawdust carpet with the image of Jesus on Holy Thursday in Tegucigalpa, on March 28, 2013.

People use dyed sawdust to decorate a sawdust carpet before the start of Holy Week celebrations in Tegucigalpa March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Altar boys burn incense during a Holy Week mass at the Church of Divine Mercy in Panama City, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Catholics around the world commemorate Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday before celebrating his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

People walk by a 1,400 meters carpet of flowers and colored sawdust, made by municipal employees and volunteers in an attempt to set a Guinness World Record for the longest carpet of the world, in Guatemala City on March 28, 2013. These carpets are traditionally made during Hoy Week each year.

Roman Catholic devotees perform stations of the cross to mark Easter during Good Friday in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on March 29, 2013. Indonesian Christians and Roman Chatolic devotees celebrated Good Friday along with millions of Christians around the world.

Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Members of the Brotherhood of El Nazareno participate in the procession of Jesus of Nazareth in the indigenous town of Izalco, 60 km west of San Salvador, on March 28, 2013.

A woman and her children make a sawdust carpet with the image of Jesus on Holy Thursday in Tegucigalpa, on March 28, 2013.

A penitent takes part in the procession of the 'La Pasion del Senor' brotherhood during Holy Week in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

Penitents take part in the Vineros brotherhood procession in Malaga, southern Spain, March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Penitents take part in the 'Entrada de Jesus a Jerusalem' procession at the start of Holy Week in Palma de Mallorca, in the Spanish Balearic island of Mallorca March 24, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors.

Penitents take part in the 'Nuestro Padre Jesus del Gran Poder y Maria Santisima de la Esperanza Macarena' Holy Week procession in Madrid March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Military cadets take part in a representation of Jesus' arrest, before his crucifixion and resurrection during Holy Week on March 28, 2013 in Asuncion, Paraguay.

Penitents of the Jesus Yacente brotherhood take part in a Holy Week procession in Zamora, northern Spain, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

Students playing the roles of Roman soldiers flog a man playing the role of Jesus (L) during a re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross at the Sanctuary of Chimayo in Chimayo, New Mexico March 28, 2013. The students are part of a youth group from Our Lady of Sorrows church in Bernalillo, New Mexico which re-enacts the Stations of the Cross every year.

Living statues perform in front of a church as part of the Holy Week celebrations in Ayacucho, Peru, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Catholics around the world commemorate Jesus' crucifixion on Good Friday before celebrating his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Penitents of 'San Esteban' brotherhood embrace during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 26, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock in Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors.

Penitents of the 'El Perdon' (Forgiveness) brotherhood carry a statue of Christ on the cross during a Holy Week procession in Almeria, southeast Spain, March 26, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Boys watch penitents of the 'Las Cigarreras' brotherhood taking part in a procession during the Holy Week in Sevilla on March 28, 2013. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

A penitent of the 'El Perdon' brotherhood takes part in a procession during Holy Week in Almeria, southeast Spain March 27, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Penitents take part in the procession of the 'Ultima Cena del Salvador' brotherhood during Holy Week in Santiago de Compostela, northern Spain March 28, 2013. Hundreds of Easter processions take place around the clock throughout Spain during Holy Week, drawing thousands of visitors.

Penitents of the 'Fusionadas' brotherhood take part in a procession during the Holy Week in Malaga on March 27, 2013. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

A young boy looks at from a window, right, the procession of the 'La Pasion del Senor' brotherhood, during Holy Week in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

A devout wait to take part in the procession of the ''Las Cinco Llagas'' brotherhood, during Holy Week in Pamplona, northern Spain, Thursday, March 28, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

Children reenact the crucifixion of Jesus during an aquatic Via Crucis carried out on boats between the islets of the Nicaragua -Cocibolca- lake, in Granada, on March 27, 2013, during Holy Week celebrations.

Penitents of 'Siete Palabras' (Seven Words) brotherhood are seen before starting their penance during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, March 27, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Penitents wait prior to a procession of the 'La Estrella' brotherhood during the Holy Week in Sevilla on March 24, 2013. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

Penitents from 'Cristo de la Buena Muerte,' or Good Dead' Christ, brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain, Wednesday, March 27, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.

People watch a 'Via Crucis' (Way of the Cross) re-enactment in a procession during Holy Week, in preparation for Good Friday celebrations, in Luque March 27, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

A boy dressed up as Roman soldier takes part in a procession during Holy Week, in Tapachula, near San Jose March 27, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the Washing of the Feet ceremony during Holy Week in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City March 28, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Pope Francis is greeted by the faithful as he arrives to lead the weekly general audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican March 27, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.

Members of the Spanish Legion carry a statue of the Christ of the Good Death to the Santo Domingo de Guzman church during a Holy Week procession in Malaga, southern Spain, on March 28, 2013. Christian believers around the world mark the Holy Week of Easter in celebration of the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus Christ.

People look at a statue of Christ on the cross during a Holy Week procession in Almeria, southeast Spain March 26, 2013. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter. Picture taken March 26, 2013.