Easter is the celebration of Christ's resurrection from the dead. It is commemorated on Sunday, and signifies the end of Holy Week, the end of Lent, the last day of the Easter Triduum (Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday), and is the beginning of the Easter season of the liturgical year.
Worshippers carrying a statue of the Risen Christ run during an Easter Sunday procession in Cospicua, Malta.
Chinese Catholics attend the Easter Vigil at a Catholic church in Shanghai.
Pope Francis celebrates the mass of Easter on April 1, 2018 at St Peter's Square in the Vatican.
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Pakistani Christians attend Easter services at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in Lahore, Pakistan.
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The Easter Eve Divine Liturgy at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Holy Virgin Mary in Moscow.
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Hooded penitents from the "El Resucitado" brotherhood take part in a Holy Week procession in Cordoba, Southern Spain.
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The 8-year-old Ariadna Vallejo is transported in the air in the Easter Sunday ceremony "Descent of the Angel," during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, Northern Spain.
