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Israeli security forces and rescue teams work amid the rubble of a residential building struck by an Iranian missile in Haifa, Israel, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

The Latest: Iran and US receive proposal for 45-day ceasefire and reopening of Strait of Hormuz

10:19 PM on Sunday, April 5

Iran and the United States reportedly have received a draft proposal calling for a 45-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz

Israeli rescue teams search for missing people amid the rubble of a residential building a day after it was struck by an Iranian missile in Haifa, Israel, Monday, April 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Airstrikes on Iran kill more than 25 as new ceasefire proposal is shared

10:04 PM on Sunday, April 5

Israel and the United States have carried out attacks that have killed more than 25 people in Iran

Tommi May wears a costume of balloons as they participate in the Easter Bonnet Parade on Fifth Avenue, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Gray)

Dazzling outfits and colorful hats shine at New York Easter parade, in photos

7:40 PM on Sunday, April 5

A meerkat inspects a basket with Easter egg-themed treats in the Buinzoo in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

Step aside, children: A Chilean zoo stages an Easter egg hunt with treats for the animals

4:15 PM on Sunday, April 5

Chile’s largest private zoo has staged an event resembling an Easter egg hunt with several of its animal residents searching for their food, packaged as Easter egg-themed treats

People make their departure following an Easter Sunday sunrise prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Trump administration agencies post Easter messages celebrating Christ’s resurrection

3:06 PM on Sunday, April 5

The Trump administration has taken a new tack in celebrating Easter

FILE - Kanye West, known as Ye, watches the first half of an NBA basketball game between the Washington Wizards and the Los Angeles Lakers, on March 11, 2022, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Pressure mounts on Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a summer festival in London

8:47 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pressure is mounting for the American rapper Ye to be pulled from his headline role at a London music festival this summer

People raise their hands to the sky in song during an Easter Sunday sunrise prayer service at the Lincoln Memorial, Sunday, April 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rod Lamkey, Jr.)

Photos show Christians celebrating Easter around the world

6:56 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pope Leo XIV arrives to preside over Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Photos show Pope Leo's first Easter Mass as pontiff

4:15 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pope Leo XIV addresses the faithful after delivering the Urbi et Orbi blessing - Latin for "to the city of Rome and to the world" - from the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica at the end of Easter Mass he presided over in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Pope Leo urges peace in first Easter Mass as Christians celebrate in Jerusalem, Gaza and Tehran

2:28 AM on Sunday, April 5

Pope Leo XIV has celebrated his first Easter Mass as pontiff, urging peace through dialogue and calling for an end to conflicts worldwide

Worshipers pray during 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)

Displaced by war, Lebanon's Christians mark Easter far from their homes and churches

1:02 AM on Sunday, April 5

Many Lebanese Christians are marking Easter far from their homes and churches, displaced by Israel's war with the militant Hezbollah group

Rescue workers search for victims at the site of an Israeli airstrike that hit a crowded neighbourhood south of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, April 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Trump issues an expletive-filled threat against Iran as details of US aviator's rescue emerge

9:10 PM on Saturday, April 4

U.S. President Donald Trump has issued an expletive-filled threat to escalate strikes on Iran if it doesn’t open the Strait of Hormuz by his Tuesday deadline

Britain Choral Music Choristers sing during Evensong at Rochester Cathedral in Rochester, England, Friday, March 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

English choirs seek to protect a musical tradition little changed since Queen Elizabeth I

9:04 PM on Saturday, April 4

A campaign is underway to protect England's choral music tradition, which has thrived for nearly 500 years

Pope Leo XIV arrives for the Easter Vigil inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV celebrates first Easter vigil, calls for harmony and peace in a world torn by war

2:30 PM on Saturday, April 4

Pope Leo XIV ushers in Easter with his first vigil service as pontiff at St. Peter’s Basilica

View at burnt ambulances in a car park at Golders Green in London, Monday, March 23, 2026 after an apparent arson attack on four vehicles belonging to a Jewish ambulance service, Hatzola Northwest.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

2 men and a boy ordered to stay in UK custody over Jewish charity ambulance attack

7:14 AM on Saturday, April 4

Two young men and a boy have been ordered to remain in custody after appearing in court on arson charges

Iran's Minister of Science, Research and Technology Hossein Simaei Sarraf, center, visits the location that was hit during U.S.-Israeli airstrikes Friday at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Trump gives Iran 48 hours to open Strait of Hormuz as search continues for missing US pilot

1:47 AM on Saturday, April 4

U_S_ President Donald Trump has again warned Tehran over his Monday deadline to open the crucial Strait of Hormuz and allow ship traffic to flow again, and Iran has responded by threatening to open “the gates of hell.”

A hooded penitent of the Nuestro Padre Jesus del Huerto y San Diego brotherhood participates in a Holy Week procession in Baena, southern Spain, Wednesday, April 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)

Women take pride in Holy Week roles after a Spanish Catholic brotherhood's procession excluded them

9:03 PM on Friday, April 3

One religious brotherhood’s refusal to include women in its Holy Week procession has made front-page news in Spain

Good Friday across Latin America brings faith into the streets

12:32 PM on Friday, April 3

Catholic devotees across Latin America have marked Good Friday with processions and rituals re-enacting the crucifixion of Jesus, from Guatemala’s historic streets to Ecuador, where hundreds of thousands took part in major processions

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)

Good Friday around the world, in photos

6:29 AM on Friday, April 3

Performers bring down Heron Aquino after he was nailed to the cross during a 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)

Good Friday is a unique and solemn day for Christians, with ancient prayers and fervent processions

4:07 AM on Wednesday, April 1

Good Friday is a unique and uniquely solemn day in the Christian calendar

Worshippers who will receive the sacrament of baptism gather in a room ahead of the Easter Vigil Mass at Our Lady of the Angels Church in Dakar, Senegal, Saturday, April 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Photos show Christians marking Holy Week across the world

10:28 AM on Monday, March 30

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