Easter

Christian Orthodox believers with candles attend an Easter service in St. Trinity church in town of Radovis, southeastern Macedonia. (AP)
Ukrainian Orthodox believers light candles during a midnight Orthodox Easter service in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church (Cave Monastery) in the capital city of Kiev. Orthodox Easter and Catholic Easter coincide this year. (AP)
Thousands of city slum dwellers take an Easter Sunday dip on the polluted Manila Bay to beat the scorching heat. The city government bars swimming inn the bay due to health hazards, but authorities are often helpless in implementing the ordinance. (AFP)
Romanian Roman Catholic worshipers attend an Easter religious service at the St. Iosif cathedral in Bucharest, Romania. Orthodox worshipers, which form the majority of Romanian people, celebrated Easter Sunday on the same day with Roman Catholics. (AP)
South Korean Catholics buy eggs to celebrate Easter at Myungdong Cathedral in Seoul, South Korea. (AP)
Painted easter eggs in traditional Sorbian motives are pictured on the season opening of the open-air museum Lehde, near Lubbenau, Germany. Easter egg painting is a strong part of Sorbian tradition and visual elements within the painting are meant to ward off evil. Sorbians are a Slavic minority in eastern Germany and many still speak Sorbian, a language closely related to Polish and Czech. (Getty Images)
Catholics hold lamps lit by candles during the Easter morning mass in Saint Theresia church in Cipanas, Bogor, West Java. (REUTERS)
An Orthodox priest, unseen, blesses traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs prepared for Easter celebrations in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church (Cave Monastery) in the capital city of Kiev. Orthodox Easter and Catholic Easter coincide this year. (AP)