Easter 2012

A girl dressed as an angel awaits a procession of the Risen Christ to celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection on the dawn of Easter Sunday, outside a church, in Manila.

A boy looks at an Easter art installation, created by the Salaj family, in the village of Grabovnica, near Cazma, central Croatia.

A man hangs hand-painted eggs on a tree in preparation for Orthodox Easter, in central Kiev.

A boy looks at painted Easter eggs at an Easter market in the western Austrian city of Innsbruck

Lighted art installations of Easter eggs, created by the Salaj family, are seen in the village of Grabovnica, near Cazma, central Croatia.

An artist decorates traditional Easter eggs at Prague's Old Town Square.

A man dressed as the Easter Bunny rides a Velib self-service public bicycle in Paris.

A giant Easter bunny greets visitors to the Britzer Garten amusement park in Berlin.

People walk past an artist decorating the traditional Easter eggs at Prague's Old Town Square.

A worker lights a cross before Pope Benedict XVI leads a Via Crucis (Way of the Cross) procession.

Villagers take part in the burning of 'El Judas' in the village of Villadiego, near Burgos, northern Spain.

A child wearing a ceremonial priest outfit attends a procession ahead of Orthodox Palm Sunday in Bucharest.