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Slideshow: Good Friday Ceremonies From Around the World

Pope Francis lies down in prayer during the Good Friday Passion of Christ Mass inside St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, April 14, 2017. Pope Francis began the Good Friday service at the Vatican with the Passion of Christ Mass and hours later will go to the ancient Colosseum in Rome for the traditional Way of the Cross procession. (Alberto Pizzoli/Pool Photo via AP)
Christian pilgrims light candles inside the Holy Sepulchre church during Good Friday in Jerusalem Friday, April 14, 2017. Good Friday is a Christian holiday which marks the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)
People attend a Good Friday procession, in Lohr am Main, Germany, Friday, April 14, 2017. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)
A cross bearer is followed by women dressed in black veils, know as "Les Pleureuses", walk in the Collegiale de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption during the Good Friday mass, in Romont , Fribourg, Switzerland, Friday, April 14, 2017. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Women dressed in black veils, know as "Les Pleureuses", walk in the Collegiale de Notre-Dame de l'Assomption during the Good Friday mass, in Romont , Fribourg, Switzerland, Friday, April 14, 2017. This is a ceremony to commemorate the suffering and death of Jesus, where the Pleureuses carry the symbols of the Passion: a crown of thorns, a whip, a hammer, tongs, and St. Veronica's shroud, preceding by a penitent, wearing a black hood, carries a large cross. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
An Indian mother and daughter pray as they watch the reenacting of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Good Friday in Hyderabad, India, Friday, April 14, 2017. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Bishop Eric de Moulins Beaufort carries a cross during a Good Friday procession, in Paris, Friday, April 14, 2017. The Sacre Coeur basilica in Montmartre is seen background. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)
People walk in downtown Lohr am Main, Germany, as part of a Good Friday procession, Friday, April 14, 2017. (Karl-Josef Hildenbrand/dpa via AP)
Unidentified Indians actors reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Good Friday, in Hyderabad, Friday, April 14, 2017. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
Joined by Christians, Head of the Catholic Church in Kenya, Cardinal John Njue, wearing a red cap, carries the Cross through streets of Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 14, 2017, 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 Abdul Azim)
Brendan Paul, center, plays the part of Jesus as parishioners from the Wesley Mission re-enact journey of the cross procession on Good Friday in Sydney, Friday, April 14, 2017. (AP Photo/Rick Mycroft)
In this image made from video, Filipino penitent Ruben Enaje is nailed to a wooden cross at a crucifixion reenactment during Good Friday rituals on Friday, April 14, 2016 at Cutud, Pampanga province, northern Philippines. Several Filipino devotees had themselves nailed to crosses Friday to remember Jesus Christ's suffering and death. (AP Photo)
Christian devotees reenacts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during a procession to mark Good Friday in Jammu, India, Friday, April 14,2017. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Christian devotees reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during a procession to mark Good Friday in Jammu, India, Friday, April 14, 2017. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Unidentified Indians actors reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ during Good Friday, in Hyderabad, India, Friday, April 14, 2017. Christians around the world are marking the solemn period of Easter. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

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