Good Friday around the world - in pictures

Catholic devotees transport a casket containing a statue of Jesus by boat during a Good Friday sea procession from Tuan Menino Chapel, a ritual inherited from Portuguese influence for over five centuries, in Larantuka, East Nusa Tenggara, on April 3, 2026. (Photo by ARNOLD WELIANTO / AFP)
Brotherhood members carry an image of 'Santisimo Cristo del Salvador' into the sea during a Good Friday procession, in Valencia, eastern Spain. EPA
Catholic devotees take part in a Good Friday procession from a church in Dili, Timor-Leste. AFP
Actors prepare their crosses before a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in Bensheim, Germany. Reuters
A Filipino re-enactment of the death of Jesus, in San Fernando City, the Philippines. EPA
Christians in a Good Friday procession in the Dharavi slums in Mumbai, India. AFP
Members of a congregation walk the streets of the Westburg suburbs of Johannesburg, South Africa, celebrating Good Friday. EPA
Parishioners from St Charbel's Maronite Catholic Parish re-enact the Stations of the Cross during a Good Friday service in Sydney, Australia. EPA

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