1 / 11Hooded 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)
2 / 11Hooded penitents walk during the Procession of Torches, a Holy Week procession in Goias, Brazil. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
3 / 11A 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)
4 / 11People prepare a statue of Jesus ahead of Holy Friday events inside La Merced Church in La Paz, Bolivia. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
5 / 11Catholic penitent Daniel gets ready for the procession of 'Los Empalaos' in Valverde de la Vera, western Spain. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
6 / 11A penitent walks the Via Crucis' during the procession of 'Los Empalaos' in Valverde de la Vera, southwest Spain. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
7 / 11Villagers take snapshots of a penitent during the Catholic procession of 'Los Empalaos' in Valverde de la Vera, southwest Spain. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
8 / 11Christian faithfuls pray near the Holy Family Basilica in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
9 / 11Actors perform the act of Christ crucifixion in Nairobi, Kenya. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
10 / 11Men 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)
11 / 11A 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)
