Easter around the world – in pictures

Jerusalem: A procession of monks outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP

Bolivia: An Aymara native carries a huipala (an indigenous flag) as he walks along a road towards the Andean town of Copacabana on the shore of Lake Titicaca Photograph: Jorge Bernal/AFP/Getty Images

Dublin, Ireland: Planes fly over a statue of Jim Larkin during Easter Rising commemorations Photograph: Niall Carson/PA

Sanford, North Carolina: Pastor Doug Western leads his congregation in an Easter sunrise service at Kendale Acres Free Will Baptist church, in an area hit by a tornado Photograph: Jim R. Bounds/AP

Poteryaevka, Russia: People take part in an Easter service Photograph: Andrei Kasprishin/Reuters

Quezon City, Philippines: A child dressed as an angel showers a statue with rose petals during mass Photograph: Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images

Beijing, China: Christians queue up to receive holy communion during an Easter Sunday mass at the state-controlled Xishiku cathedral Photograph: Petar Kujundzic/Reuters

Istanbul, Turkey: The Greek Orthodox spiritual leader Bartholomew I leads the Easter ceremony at St George's church Photograph: /EPA

Lahore, Pakistan: Christians attend Easter mass at St Anthony's church Photograph: K.M. Chaudary/AP

Skopje, Macedonia: Christian Orthodox nuns hold candles and icons during a service in St Dimitri monastery Photograph: Georgi Licovski/EPA

Vatican City: Worshippers attend the pope's Easter holy mass in St Peter's Square Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images

Chernobyl, Ukraine: An illegal settler inside the 30km exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear plant takes part in a midnight Orthodox service Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters

Baghdad, Iraq: Easter at the Virgin Mary Chaldean church Photograph: Khalid Mohammed/AP

Nicosia, Cyprus: The traditional lambradja (bonfire) is lit to symbolise the resurrection of Christ Photograph: Katia Christodoulou/EPA

Pasarea, Romania: Nuns light candles in the ossuary of Pasarea monastery Photograph: Daniel Mihailescu/AFP/Getty Images

Moscow, Russia: Children hold candles during an Easter service Photograph: Mikhail Voskresensky/Reuters

Sumartin, Croatia: Penitents dressed as Roman soldiers hold helmets during mass in a fishing village on the Adriatic island of Brac Photograph: Matko Biljak/Reuters