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People raise their hands to the sky in song during an Easter Sunday sunrise prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
People raise their hands to the sky in song during an Easter Sunday sunrise prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
People attend a traditional Easter fire, a traditional bonfire lit symbolizing the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on a mine dump of the last German coal mine, in Bottrop, Germany, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
People attend a traditional Easter fire, a traditional bonfire lit symbolizing the resurrection of Jesus Christ, on a mine dump of the last German coal mine, in Bottrop, Germany, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Young women in folk costumes sing during the Easter folk festival in the village of Holloko, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in northeastern Hungary, on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026. (Peter Komka/MTI via AP)
Young women in folk costumes sing during the Easter folk festival in the village of Holloko, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in northeastern Hungary, on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2026. (Peter Komka/MTI via AP)
Worshippers carry a figure of Jesus Christ during an Easter procession through Panama City's old town, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Worshippers carry a figure of Jesus Christ during an Easter procession through Panama City's old town, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Neophytes get dressed in their new white robes after being baptized at an Easter vigil at St. James Cathedral, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Neophytes get dressed in their new white robes after being baptized at an Easter vigil at St. James Cathedral, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Indian Christian devotees offer prayers at a church on Easter Sunday in Jammu, India, Sunday, April 5, 2026.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Indian Christian devotees offer prayers at a church on Easter Sunday in Jammu, India, Sunday, April 5, 2026.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Archbishop Paul D. Etienne baptizes a candidate during an Easter vigil at St. James Cathedral, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Archbishop Paul D. Etienne baptizes a candidate during an Easter vigil at St. James Cathedral, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Worshippers attend Easter Sunday Mass at Saint Sarkis Cathedral, an Armenian Apostolic church, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Worshippers attend Easter Sunday Mass at Saint Sarkis Cathedral, an Armenian Apostolic church, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Worshippers hold candles during the Easter vigil Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Vilnius, Lithuania, late Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Worshippers hold candles during the Easter vigil Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Vilnius, Lithuania, late Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
A woman leans on a wall during Easter Sunday Mass at Saint Sarkis Cathedral, an Armenian Apostolic church, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
A woman leans on a wall during Easter Sunday Mass at Saint Sarkis Cathedral, an Armenian Apostolic church, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Christian worshippers attend an Easter mass at the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Christian worshippers attend an Easter mass at the Church of the Holy Family in Gaza City, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Worshippers who will receive the sacrament of baptism gather in a room ahead of the Easter Vigil Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Church in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
Worshippers who will receive the sacrament of baptism gather in a room ahead of the Easter Vigil Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Church in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
A young worshipper rests on a bench outside the nave of the cathedral during an Easter vigil at St. James Cathedral, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
A young worshipper rests on a bench outside the nave of the cathedral during an Easter vigil at St. James Cathedral, Saturday, April 4, 2026, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)
Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful at the end of Easter Mass he presided over in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV greets the faithful at the end of Easter Mass he presided over in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Worshippers hold candles during the Easter vigil Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Vilnius, Lithuania, late Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Worshippers hold candles during the Easter vigil Mass in the Cathedral Basilica of Vilnius, Lithuania, late Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)
Sepuh Sargsyan, archbishop and prelate of the Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Tehran, blesses a child after Easter Sunday Mass at Saint Sarkis Cathedral in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Sepuh Sargsyan, archbishop and prelate of the Armenian Apostolic Diocese of Tehran, blesses a child after Easter Sunday Mass at Saint Sarkis Cathedral in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
People raise their hands to the sky during an Easter Sunday sunrise prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
People raise their hands to the sky during an Easter Sunday sunrise prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)
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Christians around the world celebrated on Sunday the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the most important holiday in the Christian liturgical calendar.

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