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In an burst of colour and passion, Christians around the world have celebrated Easter — or are still celebrating, depending on the time zone.
As with any religious holiday observed by such a wide variety of cultures, Easter celebrations come in many forms — although all focus on the crucifixion and resurrection story that is central to the Christian faith.

The images below are just a small selection of this variety of spiritual traditions.

Bali, Indonesia

Good Friday: Passion Play in Badung, Indonesia - 18 Apr 2025

Students of St Thomas Aquino Catholic High School perform a Passion Play depicting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ at the Seminary of the Holy Spirit in Tuka, Bali. Source: AAP / Dicky Bisinglasi / SOPA Images/Sipa USA

Cairo, Egypt

Several women stand in wooden pews looking forward with serious expressions.

Coptic Orthodox Christians gather for an Easter service at the Monastery of Saint Simon the Tanner in Cairo on 10 April 2025. Source: Anadolu / Ahmed Sayed / Anadolu via Getty Images

Cottbus, Germany

A group of women in black church costumes sing from hymn books in the street.

Women sing Easter hymns as they walk through the village of Maust near Cottbus, Germany. Credit: Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images

Iztapalapa, Mexico

A man wearing a roman centurion's uniform holds up by the hair a man lying prostrate with tattered robes and a bleeding face.

Locals in Iztapalapa, Mexico, re-enact the passion of Christ in this year’s Good Friday procession. Source: AAP / Ian Robles/ Eyepix Group/Sipa USA

North Macedonia

A group of worshippers light candles.

Orthodox pilgrims light candles from the torches burning with the Holy Fire from Jerusalem during an Orthodox Christian Easter service in North Macedonia. Source: AAP / Georgi Licovski / EPA

Karachi, Pakistan

Four women and one man, all wearing long white robes, kneel to pray with more devotees standing behind them.

Pakistani Christians attend a midnight Easter Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral Church in Karachi. Source: AAP / Fareed Khan/AP

Las Pinas, the Phillipines

Young girls in white angel costumes scatter confetti while walking down a street together.

Children take part in a procession marking Easter Sunday in Las Pinas, the Philippines. Source: AAP / EPA / Francis R Malaga

Mosul, Iraq

A young altar boy in a white robe standing in a crowd of Christian churchgoers, holds up a crucifix with Arabic writing.

Christians gathered at Mar Yohanna Church in the town of Hamdaniya, near Mosul, Iraq, to celebrate Easter Sunday. Source: Anadolu / Ismael Adnan Yaqoob/Anadolu via Getty Images

Bucharest, Romania

Several people light candles from one being held out by a priest in a darkened church.

Romanian believers take holy light for their candles from an Orthodox priest during an Easter mass held in Dascalu village, near Bucharest. Source: AAP / EPA/Robert Ghement

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