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IN PHOTOS: Holy Week and Easter around the world

Gilbert Bargayo meditates and washes his wounds after being nailed to the cross at a sea in the Tuburan Cebu Good Friday procession, Cebu, Philippines, April 3, 2015. Photo by Ralph Piezas/NurPhoto/REX

Christians re-enacted the last days of Jesus Christ and celebrated Easter around the world this week. Here are some images of the variety of celebrations among Christians.

Tourists and residents alike flocks the area to watch the crucifixion of Gilbert Bargayo in the Good Friday procession in Cebu, Philippines, April 3, 2015. Ralph Piezas/NurPhoto/REX
A volunteer from Bridgewater Community Churches portrays Jesus as he carries a cross during the annual reenactment of the crucifixion of Jesus on Good Friday, Friday, April 3, 2015 in Bridgewater, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Filipina Precy Valencia was the only woman of the 11 penitents reportedly nailed to wooden crosses during Good Friday rituals at the village of Kapitangan, municipality of Paombong, Bulacan province Philippines on April 3, 2015. STRNEWZ
Pope Francis leads the “Via Crucis” (Way of the Cross) procession, which commemorates the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Alessandro Bianchi, POOL)
A parishioner playing the role of Judas, one of the 12 original apostles of Jesus Christ, who is known for his kiss and betrayal of Jesus in exchange for money, hangs (suspended with a safety belt) from a tree, as part of a Good Friday custom of Santa Cruz, Mexico, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Devotees look at a masked penitent from La Santa Vera Cruz brotherhood who beats himself while taking part in an Easter procession known as ‘Los Picaos’ in the small village of San Vicente de La Sonsierra, northern Spain, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Devotes of La Santa Vera Cruz brotherhood raise crosses as they take part in an Easter procession known as ‘Los Picaos’ in the small village of San Vicente de La Sonsierra, northern Spain, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos)
Tourists crowd the Colosseum in spite of the bad weather in Rome Sunday, April 5, 2015. Intermittent rains did not prevent tourists to visit the ancient remains during the Easter weekend. (AP Photo/Alessandro Di Meo, ANSA)
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. Western Christian churches and most Orthodox Christian churches follow different calendars and observe Easter on different dates. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
Participants wear Easter bonnets atEaster Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, New York. Photo by Erik Pendzich/Rex
Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican , Sunday, April 5, 2015. AP Photo/L'Osservatore Romano
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