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Worshippers celebrate a Good Friday service at the Marktkirche in Hanover, Germany, on April 2, 2021. dpa via AP
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Christian worshippers carry a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on April 2, 2021. / AFP / Emmanuel DUNAND
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Christian worshippers reach the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on April 2, 2021. AFP
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Christian worshippers carry a cross during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City on April 2, 2021. Reuters
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Christian worshippers carrying a wooden cross into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 2, 2021. AFP
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Pope Francis speaks to medical staff during a visit on Good Friday to a Vatican vaccination centre where the poor and homeless are being inoculated, on April 2, 2021. Vatican Media via Reuters
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Pope Francis poses for a photograph on Good Friday at a vaccination centre in the Paul VI Hall. Vatican Media via Reuters
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Christian worshippers carry a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on April 2, 2021. AFP
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Christians maintain social distancing during a Good Friday service at St Joseph's Cathedral in Prayagraj, India on April 2, 2021. AP Photo
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Roman Catholic devotees gather outside Quiapo Church in Manila for a Good Friday service on April 2, 2021, after the government imposed strict lockdowns to cope with a surge in Covid-19 infections. AFP
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Filipino worshippers pray outside the Quiapo Church in Manila on Good Friday. AP Photo
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Christian devotees take part in a Good Friday service at All Saints' Cathedral in Allahabad, India on April 2, 2021. AFP
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Christian worshippers take part in a Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City on April 2, 2021. Reuters
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Indonesian soldiers check worshippers at the entrance to the St Mary of the Assumption Cathedral in Jakarta during a Good Friday service on April 2, 2021, five days after the church was attacked. AP Photo
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A crucifix is placed in London's Trafalgar Square to mark Good Friday on April 2, 2021. PA via AP)
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Worshippers celebrate a Good Friday service at the Marktkirche in Hanover, Germany, on April 2, 2021. dpa via AP
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Christian worshippers carry a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on April 2, 2021. / AFP / Emmanuel DUNAND
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Christian worshippers reach the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on April 2, 2021. AFP
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Christian worshippers carry a cross during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City on April 2, 2021. Reuters
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Christian worshippers carrying a wooden cross into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City on April 2, 2021. AFP
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Pope Francis speaks to medical staff during a visit on Good Friday to a Vatican vaccination centre where the poor and homeless are being inoculated, on April 2, 2021. Vatican Media via Reuters
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Pope Francis poses for a photograph on Good Friday at a vaccination centre in the Paul VI Hall. Vatican Media via Reuters
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Christian worshippers carry a wooden cross along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City during the Good Friday procession on April 2, 2021. AFP
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Christians maintain social distancing during a Good Friday service at St Joseph's Cathedral in Prayagraj, India on April 2, 2021. AP Photo
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Roman Catholic devotees gather outside Quiapo Church in Manila for a Good Friday service on April 2, 2021, after the government imposed strict lockdowns to cope with a surge in Covid-19 infections. AFP
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Filipino worshippers pray outside the Quiapo Church in Manila on Good Friday. AP Photo
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Christian devotees take part in a Good Friday service at All Saints' Cathedral in Allahabad, India on April 2, 2021. AFP
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Christian worshippers take part in a Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City on April 2, 2021. Reuters
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Indonesian soldiers check worshippers at the entrance to the St Mary of the Assumption Cathedral in Jakarta during a Good Friday service on April 2, 2021, five days after the church was attacked. AP Photo
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A crucifix is placed in London's Trafalgar Square to mark Good Friday on April 2, 2021. PA via AP)
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Worshippers celebrate a Good Friday service at the Marktkirche in Hanover, Germany, on April 2, 2021. dpa via AP
Christians mark second Good Friday of pandemic with fewer restrictions
Jerusalem holy sites open but vast crowds of past years are absent
Associated Press
02 April, 2021
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