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El Salvador
Children look on as Catholic worshippers wait to take part in a Palm Sunday procession, as the Holy Week begins, in Suchitoto
Photograph: José Cabezas/Reuters
Chile
Believers hold palm branches during a Palm Sunday mass at the cathedral in Santiago
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Argentina
Bishop Alexander Giorgi blesses a family outside their home during Palm Sunday celebrations in Buenos Aires
Photograph: Rodrigo Abd/AP
Guatemala
Women hold palm bouquets waiting for a Palm Sunday procession in the Kaqchikel indigenous community of San Pedro Sacatepéquez
Photograph: Moisés Castillo/AP
Mexico
Claudio Armando Ramirez plays Jesus Christ during a Palm Sunday passion play at the San Lucas de Iztapalapa parish in Mexico City
Photograph: Marco Ugarte/AP
Colombia
Catholic faithful participate in a Palm Sunday mass during the beginning of holy week outside the 20 de Julio church in Bogotá
Photograph: Alejandro Martinez/AFP/Getty Images
Costa Rica
People participate in the traditional Palm Sunday festivities in San Jose
Photograph: Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA
England
Children and a donkey before leading a procession into the Chelsea Old Church for a Palm Sunday service in London
Photograph: Jaimi Joy/Reuters
Spain
Spanish actor Antonio Banderas attends the María Santísima de Lágrimas y Favores procession at San Juan Bautista church in Malaga
Photograph: Daniel Perez/Getty Images
France
People carry a crucifix after a mass on Palm Sunday in Champagne, near Le Mans, western France
Photograph: Jean-François Monier/AFP/Getty Images
Germany
The Passion statue of the Crucifixion is carried in the Palm Sunday procession of the Catholic faithful in Heiligenstadt
Photograph: Michael Reichel/AP
Poland
A priest blesses traditional ‘palms’, made of tree branches decorated with paper flowers, during Palm Sunday processions in Lyse
Photograph: Kacper Pempel/Reuters
Hungary
Young women in folk costumes hold pussy willow that will be blessed before being given out to faithful during the Palm Sunday procession in Debrecen, north-eastern Hungary
Photograph: Zsolt Czeglédi/EPA
Ukraine
A parishioner leans on an icon during a service marking the Orthodox feast of Palm Sunday in Staromykhailivka near Donetsk, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine
Photograph: Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
Romania
Catholic clerics walk during a Palm Sunday procession in Bucharest
Photograph: Andreea Alexandru/AP
Russia
People attend a Palm Sunday service at St Isaac’s Cathedral in St Petersburg
Photograph: Anatoly Maltsev/EPA
Zimbabwe
A Palm Sunday procession at the start of the Holy Week, in Bulawayo
Photograph: Kb Mpofu/Reuters
Nigeria
A girl smiles while listening to a sermon during the Palm Sunday service and procession at the Regina Mundi Catholic church in Mushin, Lagos, Nigeria
Photograph: Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Catholic faithful buy palm branches outside Goma Cathedral before the Palm Sunday mass, locally known as Matawi, in Goma
Photograph: Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images
Kenya
Members of the Legio Maria church gather to celebrate Palm Sunday, in Kibera, Nairobi
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Egypt
Christians attend a mass in St Samaan church to celebrate the feast of Palm Sunday in Cairo
Photograph: Anadolu/Getty Images
Jerusalem
Roman Catholic clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem’s Old City
Photograph: Ohad Zwigenberg/AP
Syria
Christian children light candles at the cathedral of Our Lady of Dormition, during the Palm Sunday mass in Damascus
Photograph: Louai Beshara/AFP/Getty Images
Lebanon
Lebanese Christians join the traditional Palm Sunday procession outside the church in central Beirut
Photograph: Wael Hamzeh/EPA
Iraq
Iraqi Christians participate in the Palm Sunday procession in Hamdaniya
Photograph: Khalid Al-Mousily/Reuters
West Bank
A Palm Sunday procession at the Visitation church in Zababdeh village, near the West Bank city of Jenin
Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA
Gaza City
Palestinian Christian children attend the Palm Sunday mass at the Greek Orthodox church of Saint Porphyrius in Gaza City
Photograph: Omar Al-Qattaa/AFP/Getty Images
Ethiopia
An Ethiopian Orthodox deacon prays during the Palm Sunday celebration at the Bole Medhane Alem Cathedral church in Addis Ababa
Photograph: Tiksa Negeri/Reuters
Pakistan
Christian devotees attend a Palm Sunday mass at St Anthony’s church in Lahore
Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images
India
A devotee holding a palm leaf takes part in a procession to mark Palm Sunday in Chennai
Photograph: R Satish Babu/AFP/Getty Images
The Philippines
Filipinos wave palm fronds as they celebrate at the Our Lady of Lourdes Grotto church in San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan
Photograph: Ezra Acayan/Getty Images
Indonesia
A Catholic church choir hold palm leaves as part of the traditional Lenten devotion at the Church of the Birth of Our Lady, also known as Gereja Katolik Kelahiran Santa Perawan Maria, in Surabaya
Photograph: Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images
