Images: Good Friday celebrated around the globe
The world is celebrating Good Friday with re-enactments of the crucifixion of Christ, prayers and special services in countries like India, Australia, Kenya and France. This Christian Holy Week holiday marks the day when Christ was crucified. This year, Good Friday coincides with the start of the Jewish holiday Passover, which begins at dusk.
Brendan Paul plays the part of Jesus during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ in Sydney, Friday, April 3, 2015. Members of the Wesley Mission use a modern interpretation of the recreation of Jesus' journey to the cross before a Good Friday service is held. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Brendan Paul, right, plays the part of Jesus as supporters follow during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ in Sydney, Friday, April 3, 2015. Members of the Wesley Mission use a modern interpretation of the recreation of Jesus' journey to the cross before a Good Friday service is held. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Brendan Paul plays the part of Jesus during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ in Sydney, Friday, April 3, 2015. Members of the Wesley Mission use a modern interpretation of the recreation of Jesus' journey to the cross before a Good Friday service is held. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Indian Christian devotees enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday at Sacred Heart Church in Hyderabad, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
An Indian Christian devotee enacts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday at Sacred Heart Church in Hyderabad, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Indian Christian devotees enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday at Sacred Heart Church in Hyderabad, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
A Catholic priest reads from the holy book as others stand with a huge cross prior to a procession to mark Good Friday, in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)
An Indian Christian devotee prays as nuns of Missionaries of Charity walk past in a Church on Good Friday, in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)
A Catholic priest waits for devotees at the confession box, on Good Friday, in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)
An Indian Christian kisses the feet of a clay model of Jesus Christ on Good Friday, in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/ Bikas Das)
Joined by Christians, Head of the Catholic Church in Kenya, Cardinal John Njue, wearing red cap, carries the Cross through the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 3, 2015, during the Holy Week celebrations, on Good Friday. On the day Christians commemorate the passion, or suffering, and death on the cross of the Lord, Jesus Christ. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
Indian Christian devotees enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, in Gauhati, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
Indian Christian devotees enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, in Gauhati, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
An Indian Christian plays the part of Jesus during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ, in Gauhati, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
Indian Christian devotees enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, in Gauhati, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
A Christian faithful prays near the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 3, 2015 on Good Friday during the Holy Week of Easter. Easter marks the end of Lent, a forty-day period of fasting, prayer, and penance. The last week of the Lent is called Holy Week, and it contains Good Friday, commemorating the crucifixion and death of Jesus. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
Joined by Christians, Catholic priests carry the Cross through the streets of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 3, 2015, during the Holy Week celebrations, on Good Friday. On the day Christians commemorate the passion, or suffering, and death on the cross of the Lord, Jesus Christ. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim)
A Christian devotee prays during a service on the occasion of Good Friday at the Sacred Heart Cathedral in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A Christian devotee kneels as she prays indisde the Sacred Heart Cathedral on the occasion of Good Friday in New Delhi, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
An Indian Christian plays the role of Jesus Christ during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ, to mark Good Friday, in Mumbai, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)
Indian Christian devotees enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, in Gauhati, India, Friday, April 3, 2015. Christians all over the world are marking Good Friday, the day when Jesus Christ was crucified. (AP Photo/ Anupam Nath)
Brendan Paul plays the part of Jesus during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Christ in Sydney, Friday, April 3, 2015. Members of the Wesley Mission use a modern interpretation of the recreation of Jesus' journey to the cross before a Good Friday service is held. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Paris archbishop Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois carries a cross during a Good Friday procession, along the stairs leading to the Sacre Coeur basilica at Montmartre, in Paris, France, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Paris archbishop Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois carries a cross during a Good Friday procession, up the stairs leading to the Sacre Coeur basilica at Montmartre, in Paris, France, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
Paris archbishop Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois prays in front of the cross at the start of the Good Friday procession, in the stairs leading to the Sacre Coeur basilica at Montmartre, in Paris, France, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Remy de la Mauviniere)
A man carries a cross during the Good Friday procession in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, April 3, 2015. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)
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