An alter boy holds up a crucifix during a Good Friday mass at a church in New Delhi
A man dressed as Jesus re-enacts the Way of the Cross to mark Jesus's crucifixion on Good Friday in Gawahati city, India
An Indian devotee dressed as Jesus Christ reenacts the crucifixion on Good Friday, in Guwahati
David Carnell plays the part of Jesus during a Journey to the Cross procession while celebrating Good Friday in Sydney, Australia
The Passion of Jesus being performed in Trafalgar Square, London
The Passion of Jesus being performed in Trafalgar Square, London
Ruben Enaje, who is playing the part of Jesus Christ for the 27th time, screams in pain as a man dressed as a Roman soldier hammers a nail into his palm during a Good Friday crucifixion re-enactment in San Pedro Cutud town, Pampanga province, north of Manila
The Roman Catholic church frowns on the gory spectacle held in the Philippine village of Cutud every Good Friday but that does nothing to deter the faithful from emulating the suffering of Christ and taking a painful route to penitence. Holy Week is celebrated in many Christian traditions during the week before Easter.
A penintent is nailed to a cross during the reenactment of crucifixion on Good Friday in the village of San Juan, San Fernando City, north of Manila
A pilgrim walks with a cross as the Northern Cross pilgrimage makes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island, Berwick Upon Tweed
A man playing the role of Jesus carries a cross as 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
Penitents walk the streets during the Holy Week procession of the Cofradia Jesus Yacente in Zamora, Spain
A member of the Brotherhood of El Nazareno prepares to participate in the 'Jesus of Nazareth' procession in the indigenous town of Izalco, 60 km west of San Salvador
Thousands of spectators watched the yearly Passion Play performed by about 100 actors
An East Timorese man carries a cross during a silent peace rally on Good Friday in Dili, East Timor
An Easter egg covered with snow in a garden in Berlin's Pankow district
A member of the Brotherhood of El Nazareno prepares to participate in the 'Jesus of Nazareth' procession in the indigenous town of Izalco, 60 km west of San Salvador
