Palm Sunday celebrations around the world

Pope Benedict XVI attends the Palm Sunday procession in St Peter's Square in the Vatican Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images

Nuns hold palms during the Vatican's Palm Sunday mass Photograph: Stefano Rellandini/Reuters

A traditionally dressed woman carries a hand made palm in the village of Zbojna, Poland Photograph: Alik Keplicz/AP

An elderly woman sells religious icons and candles during the Palm Sunday service in the golden-domed Alexander Nevski cathedral in Sofia Photograph: Oleg Popov/Reuters

A young vendor sells palm fronds in front of the once towering national cathedral before the start of Palm Sunday mass in Port-au-Prince, Haiti Photograph: Ramon Espinosa/AP

A priest gives blessing to Filipinos holding palm fronds outside the Baclaran Church in Paranaque City, Philippines Photograph: Rolex Dela Pena/EPA

East Timorese Catholic women carry wooden crosses during a procession in Dili, East Timor Photograph: Antonio Dasiparu/EPA

Indian Catholics hold palm crosses during a procession at Saint Mary's Church in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad
Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

Palestinian Christian boys attend the Palm Sunday procession in the West Bank village of Zababdah near Jenin Photograph: Saif Dahlah/AFP/Getty Images

A Catholic man enters Jerusalem's Old City as pilgrims take part in its Palm Sunday procession Photograph: Oliver Weiken/EPA

A German boy carries a pole decorated with willow blossoms on his way to mass in Bad Toelz, southern Germany Photograph: Matthias Schrader/AP