Good Friday around the world, in photos

Devotees dressed as Roman soldiers perform in a Way of the Cross reenactment in Arraijan, Panama, Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Devotees dressed as Roman soldiers perform in a Way of the Cross reenactment in Arraijan, Panama, Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Faithful carry a cross to the Tree of Life during a Good Friday procession in the Ciudad Bolivar neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Faithful carry a cross to the Tree of Life during a Good Friday procession in the Ciudad Bolivar neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Roman soldiers dress David Sanchez, playing the role of Jesus Christ, with a crown and scarlet cloak to mock his claim as "King of the Jews", during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, in Colina, Chile, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Roman soldiers dress David Sanchez, playing the role of Jesus Christ, with a crown and scarlet cloak to mock his claim as "King of the Jews", during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, in Colina, Chile, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Members of the Resurrection Church walk by a street vendor as they perform during The Stations of the Cross procession through the Boyle Heights neighborhood on Good Friday, April 3, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Members of the Resurrection Church walk by a street vendor as they perform during The Stations of the Cross procession through the Boyle Heights neighborhood on Good Friday, April 3, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Caroline Brehman)
Devotees dressed as townspeople prepare to enter the stage to perform in a Way of the Cross reenactment in Arraijan, Panama, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Devotees dressed as townspeople prepare to enter the stage to perform in a Way of the Cross reenactment in Arraijan, Panama, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Christians take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week in Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)
Christians take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week in Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)
A penitent holds a tray with a figure's severed head, ears, and tongue depicting a biblical scene during a Holy Week procession of the "Hermandad de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno" brotherhood in Puente Genil, southern Spain, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
A penitent holds a tray with a figure's severed head, ears, and tongue depicting a biblical scene during a Holy Week procession of the "Hermandad de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno" brotherhood in Puente Genil, southern Spain, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
An amateur actor performing as Jesus, right, is fixed on a cross during the traditional Good Friday procession organised by the Italian community in Bensheim, Germany, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
An amateur actor performing as Jesus, right, is fixed on a cross during the traditional Good Friday procession organised by the Italian community in Bensheim, Germany, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A hooded penitent, wearing prickly cactus thorns on his head, prepares to walk in a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in Atlixco, Mexico, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A hooded penitent, wearing prickly cactus thorns on his head, prepares to walk in a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in Atlixco, Mexico, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
A devotee dressed as a Roman soldier assaults a penitent playing the role of one of two thieves sentenced to be crucified alongside Jesus Christ, during a Way of the Cross reenactment in Arraijan, Panama, Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A devotee dressed as a Roman soldier assaults a penitent playing the role of one of two thieves sentenced to be crucified alongside Jesus Christ, during a Way of the Cross reenactment in Arraijan, Panama, Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A devotee in an angel costume prepares for the Way of the Cross procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in Arraijan, Panama, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A devotee in an angel costume prepares for the Way of the Cross procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in Arraijan, Panama, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
A devotee holds a cross during a Good Friday procession in the Ciudad Bolivar neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A devotee holds a cross during a Good Friday procession in the Ciudad Bolivar neighborhood of Bogota, Colombia, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Guwahati, India, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Guwahati, India, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
A penitents known as a "Veronica" takes part in the Jesus del Gran Poder procession in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa).
A penitents known as a "Veronica" takes part in the Jesus del Gran Poder procession in Quito, Ecuador, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa).
A man carries a cross during the "Way of the Cross" over the Brooklyn Bridge on Good Friday, Friday, April 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
A man carries a cross during the "Way of the Cross" over the Brooklyn Bridge on Good Friday, Friday, April 3, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Ryan Murphy)
A Christian woman kisses a Jesus Christ cross during Good Friday service at Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A Christian woman kisses a Jesus Christ cross during Good Friday service at Sacred Heart Cathedral, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Guwahati, India, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in Guwahati, India, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
Christians take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week in Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)
Christians take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week in Kibera informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)
Young women and girls carry jeweled hearts representing the Virgin Mary at a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Young women and girls carry jeweled hearts representing the Virgin Mary at a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Luiz Henrique, playing the role of Jesus Christ, hangs on a cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, at the Complexo do Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Luiz Henrique, playing the role of Jesus Christ, hangs on a cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, at the Complexo do Alemao favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Parishioners walk in a procession after a Good Friday Mass at St. Anthony Church, which was devoted to expressing solidarity with Christian villagers in southern Lebanon displaced by the war in Jdeideh, a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Parishioners walk in a procession after a Good Friday Mass at St. Anthony Church, which was devoted to expressing solidarity with Christian villagers in southern Lebanon displaced by the war in Jdeideh, a suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A poster promoting a Passion of Christ reenactment is displayed in the courtyard of Saint Charles church on Goree Island, Senegal, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
A poster promoting a Passion of Christ reenactment is displayed in the courtyard of Saint Charles church on Goree Island, Senegal, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)
A nail is pierced on the feet of Arnold Manaigo during the reenactment of Jesus Christ's sufferings as part of Good Friday rituals in the San Pedro Cutud village, Pampanga province, northern Philippines April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A nail is pierced on the feet of Arnold Manaigo during the reenactment of Jesus Christ's sufferings as part of Good Friday rituals in the San Pedro Cutud village, Pampanga province, northern Philippines April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, carries the cross during the Way of Cross ceremony to mark Good Friday, outside the Sacre Coeur basilica, in Paris, Friday, April 3, 2026 . (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich, carries the cross during the Way of Cross ceremony to mark Good Friday, outside the Sacre Coeur basilica, in Paris, Friday, April 3, 2026 . (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)
A Christian pilgrim prays at the third station along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City, largely empty due to restrictions linked to the Iran war, during Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
A Christian pilgrim prays at the third station along the Via Dolorosa in Jerusalem's Old City, largely empty due to restrictions linked to the Iran war, during Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Members of the St Francis Catholic Church take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
Members of the St Francis Catholic Church take part in a Way of the Cross re-enactment of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ on Good Friday during Holy Week in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A pilgrim makes the Good Friday journey to Chimayó, New Mexico, on Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
A pilgrim makes the Good Friday journey to Chimayó, New Mexico, on Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)
Pope Leo XIV carries a lightweight, 1.5-meter (5-foot) wooden cross during the Via Crucis, the torchlit Good Friday Stations of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026, which symbolically retraces Jesus Christ's steps to his crucifixion on Calvary in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Leo XIV carries a lightweight, 1.5-meter (5-foot) wooden cross during the Via Crucis, the torchlit Good Friday Stations of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026, which symbolically retraces Jesus Christ's steps to his crucifixion on Calvary in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A woman playing the role of Mary stands before David Sanchez, playing the role of Jesus Christ, after he was taken down from the cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, in Colina, Chile, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
A woman playing the role of Mary stands before David Sanchez, playing the role of Jesus Christ, after he was taken down from the cross during a Way of the Cross reenactment as part of Holy Week celebrations, in Colina, Chile, on Good Friday, April 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)
Pope Leo XIV carries a lightweight, 1.5-meter (5-foot) wooden cross during the Via Crucis, the torchlit Good Friday Stations of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026, which symbolically retraces Jesus Christ's steps to his crucifixion on Calvary in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV carries a lightweight, 1.5-meter (5-foot) wooden cross during the Via Crucis, the torchlit Good Friday Stations of the Cross procession at the Colosseum in Rome, Friday, April 3, 2026, which symbolically retraces Jesus Christ's steps to his crucifixion on Calvary in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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Good Friday is a unique — and uniquely solemn — day in the Christian calendar.

It commemorates the crucifixion and death of Jesus, ahead of what’s a central tenet of faith for believers — his resurrection two days later on Easter Sunday, according to the Gospels.

This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.

 

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