Easter Around the World

Pope Benedict XVI addresses the faithful during the "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the World) message, at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square, at the Vatican.

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President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, and daughters, Sasha and Malia, attend Easter Sunday service at Allen Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Washington, D.C.

Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

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Members of the Lipovene community, a Russian origin minority group from Sarichioi village, attend the Christian Orthodox religious service on the Easter night in Sarichioi village.

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Romanian Roman Catholics attend an Easter religious service at the St. Joseph Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania.

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Pakistani Christians react while attending an Easter Mass at a church in a Christian neighborhood of Islamabad. Pakistani Christians account for about 3.8 million of Pakistan's 140 million people.

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Members of Redruth Baptist Church enjoy a sunrise praise and communion service around the cross on Carn Brea above Redruth, United Kingdom.

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A Bosnian Serb woman decorates Easter eggs for the upcoming Orthodox Easter in the southern Bosnian town of Banja Luka. As part of Easter tradition, women decorate hundreds of eggs and distribute to worshipers for Easter.

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Nepalese Christians participate in a mass prayer in the open as they celebrate Easter Sunday in Kathmandu. Christians are a minority in this Himalayan nation, where the majority of the population are Hindus.

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Prelates and the faithful hold candles as Pope Benedict XVI celebrates an Easter Vigil Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on Saturday.

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A priest blesses traditional Easter baskets brought by the faithful at St. Kostka Church in Warsaw, Poland.

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Orthodox Christian pilgrims hold candles at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, during the Holy Fire ceremony, in Jerusalem's Old City. Orthodox Christians believe Jesus was crucified and buried at the site where the Church of the Holy Sepulcher now stands, and that a flame appears spontaneously from his tomb on the day before Easter to show he has not forgotten his followers. The ceremony dates back to the 12th century.

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Worshipers reach for a crucifix during a Mass at Mar Youssif Chaldean Church in Baghdad on Saturday during preparations for Easter Mass.

Hadi Mizban / AP Photo

Easter Around the World

Pope Benedict XVI presided over Easter services Sunday as the cloud of the Catholic Church’s latest sex-abuse scandal loomed.