Believers around the world marked the crucifixion of Jesus at the start of the Easter weekend.
Christians around the world observed Good Friday rites as believers remembered the crucifixion and death of Jesus Christ described in the Bible.
The start of the Easter weekend saw a sombre mood as the Passion of Jesus was re-enacted in various ways around the world.
Christians re-enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in Hyderabad, India (Mahesh Kuma/AP)
Rafael Haddad carries a cross while playing Jesus as members of the Wesley Mission church perform a modern-day interpretation of the crucifixion in Sydney (Rick Rycroft/AP)
A Good Friday service at St Joseph Cathedral in Prayagraj, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh (Rajesh Kumar Singh/AP)
Archbishop of Nairobi Philip Anyolo in central Nairobi, Kenya (Sayyid Abdul Azim/AP)
The Good Friday procession in Bensheim, Germany (Michael Probst/AP)
Nuns pause in a procession along the Via Dolorosa, a route that is believed to be the path Jesus walked to his crucifixion, in the Old City of Jerusalem (Maya Alleruzzo/AP)
Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, left, prays by a wooden cross in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica in Paris (Michel Euler/AP)
Christians attend Good Friday service at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan (KM Chaudary/AP)
The Way of the Cross procession heads over the Brooklyn Bridge in New York (Bebeto Matthews/AP)
In the Philippines, real-life non-fatal crucifixions took place despite church objections to the practice.
The Good Friday tradition has resumed in the Philippines after a three-year pause due to the coronavirus pandemic (Aaron Favila/AP)
Devotees and tourists gather for the re-enactment in the village of San Pedro in Pampanga province (Aaron Favila/AP)
Pope Francis was ruled out of attending the Colosseum in Rome for the traditional Way of the Cross procession due to unseasonably cold night-time temperatures in the Italian capital, but was still in action at the Vatican.
Francis arrives to celebrate the Passion Mass (Andrew Medichini/AP)
The Pope presides over the Passion Mass at St Peter’s Basilica (Andrew Medichini/AP)
