Polish catholic devotees re-enact the "Way of the Cross" on Good Friday as part of Holy Week celebrations.
Christians around the world commemorate the Crucifixion of Christ on Good Friday. Holy Week ends on Easter Sunday when Christ is believed to have risen from the dead.
29 Mar 2013 . Vatican City, Vatican City. Reuters/Osservatore Romano
Pope Francis marked the first Good Friday of his pontificate during the Celebration of the Lord's Passion in Saint Peter's Basilica.
29 Mar 2013 . Cancun, Mexico. REUTERS/Victor Ruiz Garcia
An actor playing the role of Jesus Christ takes part in a re-enactment of the crucifixion.
29 Mar 2013 . BENSHEIM, Germany. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
Members of the Italian community in Germany take part in a re-enactment.
29 Mar 2013 . LIVINGTON, Guatemala. REUTERS/Jorge Dan Lopez
Wilson Norales, from the Garifuna ethnic people lies on the cross. Garifuna are descendants of Carib and Arawak indians and West African slaves who settled along the Atlantic coast of Guatemala, Belize, Nicaragua and Honduras after the British deported them from St. Vincent in the 18th century.