Good Friday around the world – in pictures

James Burke-Dunsmore plays the part of Jesus Christ in performance of The Passion of Jesus in Trafalgar Square in London by the Wintershall Players. Photograph: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AP

Actors of the Wintershall Players perform The Passion of Jesus on Good Friday to crowds in Trafalgar Square in London. Photograph: Oli Scarff/Getty Images

Spanish legionnaires carry a statue of Christ during a ceremony before they take part in the Mena brotherhood procession in Malaga, Spain. Photograph: Jon Nazca/Reuters

A devotee holds a cross outside the church of the Holy Sepulchre in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Danillo Castro shows a five-inch nail that will be used in his re-enactment of the crucifixion on Good Friday in San Fernando, Philippines. Crucifixions remain a common practice during Holy Week throughout the country, despite being strongly condemned by the Roman Catholic church. Penitents who take part believe the act will help them atone for their sins and give them blessings. Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Barcroft Media

An Indian Christian devotee re-enacts the crucifixion to mark Good Friday at the Mount Carmel church in Hyderabad, India. Photograph: Mahesh Kumar A./AP

Ethiopian Orthodox Christian women pray at Deir El Sultan during the Washing of the Feet ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem. Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP

Penitents take part in the Procesion del Silencio during Holy Week in Zamora, Spain. Photograph: Andres Kudacki/AP

A hooded penitent carries his son outside the cathedral in San Fernando, Philippines. Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Demotix/Corbis

Indonesians take part in a re-enactment of the Stations of the Cross on Good Friday at the Raja Agung church, Indonesia. Photograph: Yuli Seperi/Getty Images

Two five-inch stainless steel nails pierce through the feet of a penitent in San Fernando, Philippines. Photograph: Erik De Castro/Reuters

Penitents take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion in San Fernando, Philippines. Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Barcroft Media

Members of the El Nazareno brotherhood participate in the procession of Jesus of Nazareth in the town of Izalco, El Salvador. Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images

The Northern Cross pilgrimage undertakes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island in Berwick-upon-Tweed, UK crossing the tidal causeway. Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

A Filipino prepares to fly a kite designed like a crucifix in Pampanga province, Philippines. Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Demotix/Corbis

Orthodox Christian worshipers hold crosses during a Good Friday procession on the Via Dolorosa, retracing what many believe to be the route Jesus Christ took before his crucifixion, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Members of the El Nazareno brotherhood prepare to participate in the procession in Izalco, El Salvador. Photograph: Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images

Performers carrying their cross before they take part in a re-enactment in Bensheim, Germany. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Children take part in a re-enactment during Good Friday in Bensheim, Germany. Photograph: Kai Pfaffenbach/Reuters

Indonesians perform the tenth station 'Jesus is stripped of his garments' during a re-enactment of the Stations Of The Cross on Good Friday at the Raja Agung church in Bintan Island. Photograph: Yuli Seperi/Getty Images

Russian Orthodox nuns hold flowers during a Good Friday procession near the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old City of Jerusalem. Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

Greek Orthodox priests take part in the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem. Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images

A hooded Filipino penitent flagellates himself as part of Maundy Thursday rituals to atone his sins in Mandaluyong, Philippines. Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP