Photos: Easter celebrations around the world
President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, daughters Malia, right, and Sasha walk across the square from the White House to St. John's Episcopal Church for an Easter service in Washington Sunday, April 8, 2012.Susan Walsh/AP
A Salvation Army marching band parade down Regent Street on Easter Sunday in London April 8, 2012.LUKE MACGREGOR/Reuters
A Pakistani Christian girl, attends Easter mass at St. John's Church in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, April 8, 2012.Mohammad Sajjad/AP
Members of 'Jesus Atado a la Columna' confraternity play drums during the traditional 'Tamborrada', celebrating Holy Week Resurrection Day, at Mayor Square in Madrid, Spain, Sunday, April 8, 2012. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.Alberto Di Lolli/AP
A Coptic Christian family prepares palm frond decorations during Easter in front of a church in Cairo April 8, 2012.ASMAA WAGUIH/Reuters
Members of the Catholic clergy hold candles as they take part in a procession at the end of Easter Mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 8, 2012.AMMAR AWAD/REUTERS
Dyed chicks are displayed for sale for Easter in the Bab Touma district in Damascus, Syria, Sunday, April 8, 2012. Pope Benedict XVI implored the Syrian regime Sunday to heed international demands to end the bloodshed and said he hopes the joy of Easter will comfort Christians who are suffering because of their faith.Bassem Tellawi/AP
Queen Elizabeth II, center, receives flowers as she leaves St George's Chapel in Windsor Castle while her husband Prince Philip, right, daughter-in-law, Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, fourth right, Prince Edward, third right partially hidden, and grand-daughter Lady Louise Windsor look on, after attending an Easter Matins Service, Windsor, England, Sunday, April 8, 2012.Sang Tang/Reuters
In this picture made available by the Vatican newspaper Osservatore Romano, Pope Benedict XVI greets the faithful after the Urbi and Orbi blessing at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the the Vatican Sunday, April 8, 2012.Osservatore Romano/AP
Pakistani Christians attend Easter Mass in a church in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, April 8, 2012.K.M. Chaudary/AP
A Christian worshipper lights candles inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 8, 2012.Sebastian Scheiner/AP
Worshippers take part in an Easter Sunday procession in the town of Qormi, outside Valletta, April 8, 2012.DARRIN ZAMMIT LUPI/REUTERS