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A moment of the traditional ceremony  of the “Madonna who runs away” (La Madonna che scappa)  in Sulmona, Central Italy,  Sunday, April 5, 2015. The reenactment is held every year on Easter morning, when the statue of the Virgin Mary, wearing a black robe, is carried on shoulder by a number of young men and when the procession meets the statue of the resurrected Christ. (Photo by Claudio Lattanzio/AP Photo/ANSA)

A moment of the traditional ceremony of the “Madonna who runs away” (La Madonna che scappa) in Sulmona, Central Italy, Sunday, April 5, 2015. The reenactment is held every year on Easter morning, when the statue of the Virgin Mary, wearing a black robe, is carried on shoulder by a number of young men and when the procession meets the statue of the resurrected Christ, they start running and the black veil and white scarf fall down, leaving the staue in a green mantle. (Photo by Claudio Lattanzio/AP Photo/ANSA)




Participants dressed as angels march in the annual Easter procession during traditional Semana Santa (Holy Week) festivities on April 5, 2015 in Ouro Preto, Brazil. Holy Week marks Easter celebrations for Catholics and Brazil holds the largest number of Catholics on the planet. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Participants dressed as angels march in the annual Easter procession during traditional Semana Santa (Holy Week) festivities on April 5, 2015 in Ouro Preto, Brazil. Holy Week marks Easter celebrations for Catholics and Brazil holds the largest number of Catholics on the planet. Ouro Preto was a colonial mining town founded in the late 17th century and the Semana Santa tradition in Ouro Preto can be traced back to the 18th century Portuguese colonial period. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)




An Orthodox priest blesses worshippers during Palm Sunday in Tbilisi, on April 5, 2015. Palm Sunday marks the start of the week leading up to Easter, Christendom's most joyous observance marking the reported Resurrection of Christ. (Photo by Vano Shlamov/AFP Photo)

An Orthodox priest blesses worshippers during Palm Sunday in Tbilisi, on April 5, 2015. Palm Sunday marks the start of the week leading up to Easter, Christendom's most joyous observance marking the reported Resurrection of Christ. (Photo by Vano Shlamov/AFP Photo)




An Orthodox Christian woman crosses herself after the Palm Sunday mass in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on April 5, 2015. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)

An Orthodox Christian woman crosses herself after the Palm Sunday mass in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on April 5, 2015. (Photo by Dimitar Dilkoff/AFP Photo)




An Orthodox Church priest, center, blesses the faithful holding willow twigs during a mass to mark the Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, April 5, 2015. In Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, where palms or olive trees don't grow, willow tree twigs are used. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)

An Orthodox Church priest, center, blesses the faithful holding willow twigs during a mass to mark the Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday in Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, April 5, 2015. In Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, where palms or olive trees don't grow, willow tree twigs are used. (Photo by Sergei Grits/AP Photo)




Parishioners jump over bonfires as they wait for the start of a procession during the Holy Week celebrations in Ayacucho, Peru, Sunday, April 5, 2015. Ayacucho has large religious celebrations during the Holy Week. These celebrations also include processions, fireworks, horse races and the a running of the bulls. (Photo by Sebastian Castañeda/AP Photo)

Parishioners jump over bonfires as they wait for the start of a procession during the Holy Week celebrations in Ayacucho, Peru, Sunday, April 5, 2015. Ayacucho has large religious celebrations during the Holy Week. These celebrations also include processions, fireworks, horse races and the a running of the bulls. (Photo by Sebastian Castañeda/AP Photo)




Worshippers attend Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Worshippers attend Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)




Orthodox Christians hold candles as they attend Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Orthodox Christians hold candles as they attend Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)




Orthodox Christians attend Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Orthodox Christians attend Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)




A Palestinian boy holds a candle as he attends Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

A Palestinian boy holds a candle as he attends Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)




A girl attends Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

A girl attends Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)




Palestinian children watch worshippers as they attend Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Palestinian children watch worshippers as they attend Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)




Palestinian boys hold candles as they attend Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Palestinian boys hold candles as they attend Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)




A Palestinian boy holds a candle as he attends Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

A Palestinian boy holds a candle as he attends Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)




Palestinian boys attend Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)

Palestinian boys attend Orthodox Christian Palm Sunday mass at the Saint Porfirios church in Gaza City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Suhaib Salem/Reuters)




A family checks their donkey before the procession of the “Virgem da Atalaia” during Holy Week at Alcochete, near Lisbon April 5, 2015. Women ride donkeys during the “Virgem da Atalaia” procession, that has been held annually for about 400 years. In the past, only single women rode the donkeys to ask for help from the Virgin to find a husband. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)

A family checks their donkey before the procession of the “Virgem da Atalaia” during Holy Week at Alcochete, near Lisbon April 5, 2015. Women ride donkeys during the “Virgem da Atalaia” procession, that has been held annually for about 400 years. In the past, only single women rode the donkeys to ask for help from the Virgin to find a husband. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)




A worshipper throws petals of flowers during the “Hallelujah” procession during the Holy Week celebrations in the small town of Proenca-A-Velha, near Idanha-A-Nova, Portugal, Sunday, April 5, 2015. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)

A worshipper throws petals of flowers during the “Hallelujah” procession during the Holy Week celebrations in the small town of Proenca-A-Velha, near Idanha-A-Nova, Portugal, Sunday, April 5, 2015. Holy Week commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus Christ culminating in his crucifixion on Good Friday and his resurrection on Easter Sunday. (Photo by Francisco Seco/AP Photo)




A donkey is seen before the start of the procession of the “Virgem da Atalaia” during Holy Week at Alcochete, near Lisbon April 5, 2015. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)

A donkey is seen before the start of the procession of the “Virgem da Atalaia” during Holy Week at Alcochete, near Lisbon April 5, 2015. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)




A donkey is prepared before the procession of the “Virgem da Atalaia” during Holy Week in Alcochete, near Lisbon April 5, 2015. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)

A donkey is prepared before the procession of the “Virgem da Atalaia” during Holy Week in Alcochete, near Lisbon April 5, 2015. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)




A man and his daughter wait to take part in the procession of the “Virgem da Atalaia” during Holy Week at Alcochete, near Lisbon April 5, 2015. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)

A man and his daughter wait to take part in the procession of the “Virgem da Atalaia” during Holy Week at Alcochete, near Lisbon April 5, 2015. (Photo by Rafael Marchante/Reuters)




Youths, with the help of older men from the village help erect a cross in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday  Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. Youths from the village who have recently turned 18 drag a tree trunk from a forest and erect it in the square before it is burned with a figure representing Judas. The burning, originally a pagan ritual, is a cleansing ceremony to rid  bad things that have happened during the year. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)

Youths, with the help of older men from the village help erect a cross in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. Youths from the village who have recently turned 18 drag a tree trunk from a forest and erect it in the square before it is burned with a figure representing Judas. The burning, originally a pagan ritual, is a cleansing ceremony to rid bad things that have happened during the year. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)




Youths sit of a pile of tree branches to be burned with a cross being erected in the village square in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday  Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)

Youths sit of a pile of tree branches to be burned with a cross being erected in the village square in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)




Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, secured by a harness, is transported in the air, above the crowd as she unveils the face of a statue of the Virgin Mary, during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, secured by a harness, is transported in the air, above the crowd as she unveils the face of a statue of the Virgin Mary, during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




8 years old Alba Oroz, secured by a harness, is transported in the air, above the crowd as she unveils the face of a statue of the Virgin Mary, during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

8 years old Alba Oroz, secured by a harness, is transported in the air, above the crowd as she unveils the face of a statue of the Virgin Mary, during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, wearing an angel costume takes part during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, wearing an angel costume takes part during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




Relatives of eight-year-old Alba Oroz, center, adjust her crown  during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

Relatives of eight-year-old Alba Oroz, center, adjust her crown during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, waering an angel costume takes part during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, waering an angel costume takes part during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




Youths help erect a cross in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday  Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)

Youths help erect a cross in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)




Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, wearing an angel costume takes part during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, wearing an angel costume takes part during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




Youths, with the help of older men from the village help erect a cross in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday  Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)

Youths, with the help of older men from the village help erect a cross in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)




Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, secured by a harness, is transported in the air, above the crowd as she unveils the face of a statue of the Virgin Mary, during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, secured by a harness, is transported in the air, above the crowd as she unveils the face of a statue of the Virgin Mary, during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




Eight-year-old Alba Oroz,  wearing an angel costume takes part during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)

Eight-year-old Alba Oroz, wearing an angel costume takes part during the Easter Sunday ceremony “Descent of the Angel”, during Holy Week in the small town of Tudela, northern Spain, Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Alvaro Barrientos/AP Photo)




A figure representing the Virgin Mary is carried past a still burring cross in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday  Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)

A figure representing the Virgin Mary is carried past a still burring cross in Tielmes, Spain on Easter Sunday Sunday, April 5, 2015 marking the end of Holy week. (Photo by Paul White/AP Photo)




Maelie Swanson held by her father Jeff Swanson participate in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue on Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Tina Fineberg/AP Photo)

Maelie Swanson held by her father Jeff Swanson participate in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue on Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Tina Fineberg/AP Photo)




Carmen, a Chihuahua, is carried in the arms of her owner, Melissa Mejias on Sunday, April 5, 2015, during the annual Easter Parade on New York's Fifth Avenue. This year's Easter Parade bore little resemblance to the first one, which started in the 1880s as a strolling display of what prosperous New Yorkers wore to a handful of Fifth Avenue churches. (Photo by Verena Dobnik/AP Photo)

Carmen, a Chihuahua, is carried in the arms of her owner, Melissa Mejias on Sunday, April 5, 2015, during the annual Easter Parade on New York's Fifth Avenue. This year's Easter Parade bore little resemblance to the first one, which started in the 1880s as a strolling display of what prosperous New Yorkers wore to a handful of Fifth Avenue churches. In recent decades, the street gathering has morphed into a sort of costume circus – including pet dogs. (Photo by Verena Dobnik/AP Photo)




Victoria Lee poses as she takes part in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue on Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Tina Fineberg/AP Photo)

Victoria Lee poses as she takes part in the Easter Parade along New York's Fifth Avenue on Sunday, April 5, 2015. (Photo by Tina Fineberg/AP Photo)




People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)




A woman dressed in costume attends the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

A woman dressed in costume attends the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)




People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)




Bunny ears for sale are displayed at the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Bunny ears for sale are displayed at the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)




People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)




People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)




People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)




People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)




People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)

People take part in the Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival along 5th Avenue in New York City April 5, 2015. (Photo by Eric Thayer/Reuters)




Rylee Choat, left, of Altoona, Iowa, waves to the Easter Bunny as Abby McCullough, right, hands out stickers to arriving children, Sunday, April 5, 2015, at the Easter service at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Michael Zamora/AP Photo/The Des Moines Register)

Rylee Choat, left, of Altoona, Iowa, waves to the Easter Bunny as Abby McCullough, right, hands out stickers to arriving children, Sunday, April 5, 2015, at the Easter service at Lutheran Church of Hope in West Des Moines, Iowa. (Photo by Michael Zamora/AP Photo/The Des Moines Register)




Esonni Hall, of Neptune, N.J., wears a homemade Easter bonnet as she walks with her brother Georandy Johnson before judging of decorated Easter outfits during Asbury Park's 80th annual Easter Parade on Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Asbury Park, N.J. (Photo by Mel Evans/AP Photo)

Esonni Hall, of Neptune, N.J., wears a homemade Easter bonnet as she walks with her brother Georandy Johnson before judging of decorated Easter outfits during Asbury Park's 80th annual Easter Parade on Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Asbury Park, N.J. (Photo by Mel Evans/AP Photo)




A woman wears an Easter bonnet decorated with stuffed bunnies as she stands on the boardwalk before Asbury Park's 80th annual Easter Parade on Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Asbury Park, N.J. (Photo by Mel Evans/AP Photo)

A woman wears an Easter bonnet decorated with stuffed bunnies as she stands on the boardwalk before Asbury Park's 80th annual Easter Parade on Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Asbury Park, N.J. (Photo by Mel Evans/AP Photo)




Bubba McArthur, center, waits with members of the clergy as they prepare for the opening processional during the 30th annual Easter Sunrise Mass at Calvary Cemetery, Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn. (Photo by Jim Weber/AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal)

Bubba McArthur, center, waits with members of the clergy as they prepare for the opening processional during the 30th annual Easter Sunrise Mass at Calvary Cemetery, Sunday, April 5, 2015, in Memphis, Tenn. (Photo by Jim Weber/AP Photo/The Commercial Appeal)
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