Photos of world-wide Palm Sunday and passover celebrations
Orthodox nuns hold palm fronds as they attend Palm Sunday festivities in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 17, 2011.Darren Whiteside/Reuters
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men prepare special Matzoh, traditional handmade Passover unleavened bread, in a bakery in Jerusalem, Sunday, April 17, 2011.Sebastian Scheiner/AP
Penitents walks to church at the start of the 'La Paz' brotherhood procession during the Holy Week in Sevilla on April 17, 2011. The clothes and hats worn depict the people from Nazareth.Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images
Members of the ancient Samaritan community gather around fire-pits before placing sheep on stakes into the fire during the traditional Passover sacrifice in Mount Gerizim, overlooking Palestinians West Bank town of Nablus, Sunday, April 17, 2011.Ariel Schalit/AP
An altar boy carries a palm frond during a Palm Sunday Mass at the church of San Juan Comalapa, west of Guatemala City, Sunday April 17, 2011.Moises Castillo/AP
A child and his mother walk past baskets filled with palm fronds on their way to Palm Sunday Mass at the national cathedral in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday April 17, 2011.Ramon Espinosa/AP
A boy sits next to ultra-Orthodox Jewish men taking part in the ritual of "Mayim Shelanu", near a spring from which water is collected, near the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Horon April 17, 2011. The water is used to prepare matza, the traditional unleavened bread eaten during the upcoming Jewish holiday of Passover.Baz Ratner/Reuters
Pope Benedict XVI is framed through incense smoke as he leads the Palm Sunday mass at the Vatican April 17, 2011.Max Rossi/Reuters
The shoes of a woman near the barefeet of a penitent during the 'La Paz' brotherhood procession of the Holy Week in Sevilla on April 17, 2011.Cristina Quicler/AFP/Getty Images
A Catholic faithful prays while participating in the Palm Sunday procession in Santo Domingo April 17, 2011.Eduardo Munoz/Reuters
Members of the Jesus of Nazareth brotherhood hold the image of Jesus Christ during the Palm Sunday celebration in the town of Suchitoto, 47 kms northeast of San Salvador. The Christian faithful celebrate the start of the Holy Week around the world.Jose Cabezas/AFP/Getty Images
Faithful await for the start of the Palms Sunday procession in Guatemala City, on April 17, 2011.Johan Ordonez/AFP/Getty Images