Good Friday around the world

Lay actors perform the Stations of the Cross during the Good Friday procession, shown for the 28th time in Bensheim.  (Martin Oeser AFP / Getty Images)

A young woman lights a candle during the Good Friday Mass at a cathedral east of the Bulgarian capital of Sofia.  (Petar Petrov / Associated Press)

Penitents carry a float of Saint George fighting the dragon during a Good Friday procession on the island of Procida in Naples’ gulf. Misteri floats, representing scenes from the Bible, are carried in the streets during the annual procession which started in 1627.  (Mario Laporta AFP / Getty Images)

An actor dressed in fake-blood-stained attire reenacts Jesus Christ’s Crucifixion on Good Friday.  (Anupam Nath / Associated Press)

Orthodox Christian pilgrims hold crosses during a Good Friday procession in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the Crucifixion of Christ in Jerusalem’s Old City.  (Tara Todras-Whitehill / Associated Press)

Eastern European Orthodox Christians hold wooden crosses as they walk through the door of the Holy Sepluchre Church in the Old City during the Good Friday procession. Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world thronged the narrow cobblestone alleys of the Old City to pray along the route tradition holds Jesus took to his Crucifixion.  (David Furst / AFP / Getty Images)

Pilgrims hold crosses during a Good Friday procession along Via Dolorosa, the “Way of Suffering,” tracing Jesus’ final steps in Jerusalem’s Old City.  (Bernat Armangue / Associated Press)

A Christian holds a cross as he stands on a rooftop overlooking Via Dolorosa.  (Sebastian Scheiner / Associated Press)

Palestinian Christians carry their large wooden cross along Via Dolorosa, the route tradition says Jesus carried the cross on which he was to be crucified by the Romans, to mark Good Friday.  (David Silverman / Getty Images)

A woman holds a wooden cross, crucifix and an icon of Jesus as she walks the Via Dolorosa in the Old City.  (Menahem Kahana / AFP / Getty Images)

An Indian penitent dressed as Jesus Christ takes part in a reenactment of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday. Good Friday is the culmination of Holy Week, which begins on Palm Sunday, and takes place two days before Easter Sunday.  (Divyakant Solanki / EPA)

Two women lie on the beach as the Good Friday procession of the Christ of the Cabanyal brotherhood passes by on Malvarrosa beach.  (Juan Carlos Cardenas / EPA)