Good Friday around the world

Penitent Danilo Ramos grimaces in pain as he is nailed to a wooden cross during the reenactment of the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines, April 18, 2014.

Penitents are nailed to wooden crosses on Good Friday which is the most extreme display of religious devotion in the Philippines, a predominantly Catholic country.

Brazil

Catholic devotees attend a procession at the Cruzeiro mountain to mark Good Friday in Goncalves, in the state of Minas Gerais in southwestern Brazil, April 18, 2014.

Brazil

Worshipers march past a building while carrying bamboo torches during the traditional "Procissao do Fogareu" (Procession of the Torches) through the historic center of town during Holy Week festivities in Paraty, Brazil, April 18, 2014.

Sri Lanka

An altar boy looks up at a crucifix he is holding during a special Good Friday mass at a church in Colombo, April 18, 2014.

England

Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage undertakes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, April18, 2014.

More than 50 people, young and old, celebrated Easter by crossing the tidal causeway during the annual Christian pilgrimage. Every year people of all ages, from all over the world and from all realms of Christian life walk together at Easter to Holy Island.

Israel

Israeli Police officers surround an Orthodox Christian pilgrim from "The Hope of Glory" order as he re-enacts the Passion of Christ along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's old city, Israel, April 18, 2014.

Thousands of Christian pilgrims from around the world have flocked to the Holy City to mark Good Friday and pray along the traditional route Jesus Christ took to his crucifixion, leading up to his resurrection on Easter.

Germany

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, April 18, 2014.

Thousands of spectators watched the yearly Passion Play performed by about 100 laity actors.

India

Catholic devotees pray during a Good Friday mass inside a church in New Delhi, April 18, 2014.

Spain

Worshipers of the "Santisimo Cristo del Salvador" brotherhood carry the crucifix on their way to the beach during a holy week procession in Valencia, Spain, April 18, 2014.

Germany

A wreath is put on the head of a member of the Italian community acting as Jesus during a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Bensheim, southwest of Frankfurt, April 18, 2014.

Philippines

Penitents hang on wooden crosses during the re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in San Fernando, Pampanga in northern Philippines, April 18, 2014.

Nearly 20 Filipinos and a Danish filmmaker were nailed to crosses to re-enact the crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday, a practice the Roman Catholic Church frowns upon as a distortion of the Easter message.

France

Pilgrims attend the annual Good Friday "Stations of the Cross" procession at the Champs de Mars near the Eiffel Tower in Paris, April 18, 2014.

India

A Catholic devotee touches a statue of Jesus Christ to get blessings during Good Friday prayers at a church in the southern Indian city of Chennai, April 18,2014.

Philippines

Ernesto Palmar, 40, reacts after a nail is pulled from his palm during a crucifixion to mark the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in San Matias town, Pampanga province, north of Manila, April 18, 2014.

Israel

Christian worshippers hold crosses as they take part in a procession along Via Dolorosa on Good Friday during Holy Week in Jerusalem's Old City, April 18, 2014.

England

Pilgrims walk with crosses as the Northern Cross pilgrimage undertakes its final leg of the journey to Holy Island, in Berwick-upon-Tweed, England, April 18, 2014.

Spain

Worshipers of the "Santisimo Cristo del Salvador" brotherhood pray around the crucifix on the beach during a holy week procession in Valencia, Spain, April 18, 2014.

Germany

Members of the Italian community practice carrying their crosses before they take part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday in Bensheim, southwest of Frankfurt, April 18, 2014.

Poland

An actor playing Jesus Christ carries a Cross in a procession of the Way of the Cross on Good Friday at the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska, near Krakow, southern Poland, April 18, 2014.

Poland

Polish devotees play out the Way of the Cross on Good Friday at the Sanctuary of Kalwaria Zebrzydowska near Krakow, southern Poland, April 18, 2014.

Italy

The bloody handprints of penitents called battenti, or beaters, are seen on a wall during a procession through the streets in the town of Verbicaro, southern Italy, April 18, 2014.

The bleeding penitents walk in groups of three through the streets and stop in front of all the churches and chapels in the town. The tradition began in the thirteenth century and serves as penitence for Christ's death.

Israel

Christian worshippers hold crosses during a procession along the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday during Holy Week in Jerusalem's Old City, April 18, 2014.

Israel

Worshippers are silhouetted during a procession along the Via Dolorosa on Good Friday during Holy Week in Jerusalem's Old City, April 18, 2014.