Photos show Christians marking Holy Week across the world
The week between Palm Sunday and Easter, known as Holy Week, is the most sacred time of the year for Christian faithful as they commemorate the passion of Jesus Christ.
Christian clergy attend a Palm Sunday Mass in Gaza City Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Catholic children representing angels pose for photos prior to join the Palm Sunday commemoration in Santa Cruz Chinautla, Guatemala, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Llamas wait to be sold on Palm Sunday at the Feria de Ramos, in El Alto, Bolivia, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
A woman and her dog attend a Mass on Palm Sunday, marking the start of Holy Week, at the Divine Child Church in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
A priest distributes the Holy Communion during the Palm Sunday Mass at the St. Francis of Assisi Roman Catholic church in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Catholic worshipers carry their children on their shoulders as they march in a procession during a Palm Sunday Mass in Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Penitents of the "Pollinita" brotherhodod take part in a Holy Week procession in Cabra, southern Spain, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Penitents of the 'Pollinita' brotherhood, dressed in a typical Apostle costumes pose for a picture ahead the Holy Week procession in Cabra, southern Spain, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, holds a prayer service to mark Palm Sunday in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (Ammar Awad/Pool Photo via AP)
Catholic nuns walk during a Palm Sunday procession in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Catholics stand next to a crucifix of Jesus Christ during a Friday of Sorrows procession marking the beginning of Holy Week observances in Panama City's Casco Viejo, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Christian devotees hold palm leaves during a Palm Sunday procession marking the sixth and final Sunday of Lent and the beginning of Holy Week in Hyderabad, India, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
A church worker uses two bottles to sprinkle holy water on the palm fronds of devotees during blessing rites outside the Antipolo Cathedral in Antipolo city, Rizal province Philippines as they observe Palm Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Pakistani Christians attend a Palm Sunday Mass at St. Anthony Church in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Priests attend Mass presided over by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on the Catholic feast of Palm Sunday, commemorating Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV caresses a child after presiding over Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on the Catholic feast of Palm Sunday, commemorating Jesus' arrival in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Catholic faithfuls collect palm fronds to commemorate Palm Sunday, outside St. Micheal's Cathedral church, in Minna, Nigeria, Sunday, March 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
