World observes Good Friday

Updated On Apr 19, 2014 04:08 pm IST
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Christian devotees carry crosses as they take part in a procession in remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in New Delhi. (AFP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Christian devotees carry crosses as they take part in a procession in remembrance of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in New Delhi. (AFP photo)

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Members of the Italian community take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Bensheim, southwest of Frankfurt. (Reuters photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Members of the Italian community take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Bensheim, southwest of Frankfurt. (Reuters photo)

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Members of a craftsmen guilds carry a statue of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday procession in Lohr am Main, western Germany. (AFP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Members of a craftsmen guilds carry a statue of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday procession in Lohr am Main, western Germany. (AFP photo)

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Christian devotees enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in Gauhati. (AP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Christian devotees enact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday in Gauhati. (AP photo)

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Christian Orthodox worshipers hold wooden crosses during the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Christian Orthodox worshipers hold wooden crosses during the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP photo)

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Christian Orthodox worshipers pray holding wooden crosses and icons during the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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Christian Orthodox worshipers pray holding wooden crosses and icons during the Good Friday procession along the Via Dolorosa (Way of Suffering) in Jerusalem's Old City. (AFP photo)

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France's Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois carries a wooden cross as he attends a Good Friday procession in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica on the Montmartre hill of Paris. (AFP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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France's Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois carries a wooden cross as he attends a Good Friday procession in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica on the Montmartre hill of Paris. (AFP photo)

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A nun kisses the feet of Jesus Christ on the occasion of Good Friday at a Catholic Church in Dibrugarh. (PTI photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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A nun kisses the feet of Jesus Christ on the occasion of Good Friday at a Catholic Church in Dibrugarh. (PTI photo)

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South Africans from every walk of life dance as they crowd the stands at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg where they attended a Good Friday service with the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. (AFP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
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South Africans from every walk of life dance as they crowd the stands at the Ellis Park stadium in Johannesburg where they attended a Good Friday service with the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God. (AFP photo)

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France's Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois kneels in front of a wooden cross as he attends a Good Friday procession in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica on the Montmartre hill of Paris. (AFP photo) expand-icon View Photos in a new improved layout
Updated on Apr 19, 2014 04:08 pm IST

France's Cardinal Andre Vingt-Trois kneels in front of a wooden cross as he attends a Good Friday procession in front of the Sacre-Coeur basilica on the Montmartre hill of Paris. (AFP photo)

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