Easter celebrations around the world
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In India, children and adults decorated hard boiled eggs in Easter themes. Easter is a Christian festival which celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ.
In the Philippines thousands of people flocked to Manila Bay in Cavite province to celebrate Easter Sunday and the end of lent.
All that swimming must be tiring... These two men took a nap but it looks like someone's turned them into sand mermaids while they were sleeping.
Over in America this cowboy shows off his lasso skills during a traditional Easter Sunday parade in Los Angeles.
Homemade rockets wizz through the sky during midnight mass on Easter Sunday in the village of Vrontados, on the Greek island of Chios. It's tradition for the two rival churches in the town to perform a "Rocket War"....
...Firing thousands of homemade rockets towards each other while services are held. Must be fairly noisy!
In Canada, Father Dmytro Dnistrian blesses Easter baskets filled with traditional food for Sunday's Easter dinner...
... While in California pets get a special Easter Sunday blessing.
Down Under, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge attended Easter Sunday mass at St Andrews Cathedral in Sydney. Australia.
While these children sing and dance during a mass in Indonesia.
And in Rome, the leader of the Catholic Church Pope Francis walks past flowers as he arrives at St Peter's square to give the traditional Easter mass.