Easter Around the World

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  • April 12: Iraqi Christians pray during Easter Mass in a church in Baghdad, Iraq.
  • April 12: U.S. army Lt. Col. Dave Bair, center, the commander of the 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, prays during Easter Mass inside a church in south Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, Iraq.
  • April 12: The black veil of the image of Virgin Mary is removed to signify the end of mourning and celebration of the "Risen Christ" during Easter rites at a Roman Catholic church in Manila, Philippines.
  • April 12: Pakistani Christians attend early morning Easter mass at Trinity Cathedral.
  • April 11: Keeley Qualls, 2, of Gardnerville, Nev., finds an Easter egg to add to her basket during the 33rd annual Carson City Kiwanis Easter Egg Hunt at Centennial Park in Carson City, Nev.
  • April 12: South Korean Christians pray during an annual Easter Mass in front of the Seoul City Hall, South Korea.
  • April 11: Rita Sih Yu Lan of China, left, moves on after she was baptized by Pope Benedict XVI, at right, during the Easter vigil mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.
  • April 11: Pope Benedict XVI holds up a gospel during the Easter vigil mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.
  • April 11: A young girl walks with Christian Orthodox nuns in the Palm procession on the eve of Palm Sunday, on the Mount of Olives above Jerusalem's Old City.
  • April 11: Pope Benedict XVI holds a candle during the Easter vigil mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.
  • April 11: Sara Weaver, 2, of Chagrin Falls, tosses a plastic egg in her basket during the annual Easter egg hunt in Riverside Park in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.
  • April 10: Pope Benedict XVI is helped to get up after kneeling during the Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) torchlight procession on Good Friday in front of the Colosseum in Rome.
  • April 11: Baskets in hand, children run to collect plastic eggs during the annual Easter egg hunt in Riverside Park in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.