Spectacular images from across the globe showing people observing 'Holy Week'

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Here are images taken from across the globe that shows Christian devotees observing the 'Holy Week.'

By APApr 19, 2019 4:12:54 PM IST (Updated)

Hooded penitents walk during the Procession of Torches, a Holy Week procession in Goias, Brazil. The procession is a reenactment of Christ's arrest by the "farricocos," men who dress in coloured robes with cone-shaped hats, representing the Praetorian guard. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

Hooded penitents walk during the Procession of Torches, a Holy Week procession in Goias, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

A man holds the crown that will be placed on a statue of Jesus during preparations for Holy Friday events, inside La Merced church in La Paz, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

People prepare a statue of Jesus ahead of Holy Friday events inside La Merced Church in La Paz, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)

Catholic penitent Daniel gets ready for the procession of 'Los Empalaos' in Valverde de la Vera, western Spain. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A penitent walks the Via Crucis' during the procession of 'Los Empalaos' in Valverde de la Vera, southwest Spain. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Villagers take snapshots of a penitent during the Catholic procession of 'Los Empalaos' in Valverde de la Vera, southwest Spain. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

Christian faithfuls pray near the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)

Actors perform the act of Christ crucifixion in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)

Men accompanying a penitent help him to take up his cross again after pausing to flog himself with a nail-studded whip, during a Holy Week procession of penitents in Taxco, Mexico. In traditional processions that last from Thursday evening into the early morning hours of Friday, hooded penitents drag chains and shoulder bundles of thorny branches through the streets, while others flog themselves with nail-studded whips meant to bring them closer to God. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A penitent with a tattoo of Jesus on his chest is helped to support the weight of the bundles of thorny branches lashed to him, at the start of a Holy Week procession of penitents in Taxco, Mexico. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)