Check out 10 photos of how the start of Holy Week was celebrated around the world

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Here are 10 photos from around the world showing how this year’s preparation for the Holy Week began
Mideast Lebanon Assyrian Palm Sunday: Syrian Assyrian Christian girls, hold their candles as they celebrate the traditional Palm Sunday procession outside the Assyrian church east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2015. In late February, the Islamic State group took captive more than 220 Christians from villages in Syria’s northeastern province of Hassakeh. Some 19 have been freed. Since that incident, scores of Assyrian Christians from Hassakeh have fled to safety in neighboring Lebanon, that has the largest percentage of Christians in the Middle East. Streams of Christian pilgrims gathered Sunday to celebrate the path of Jesus Christ’s last journey into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, before his crucifixion. Streams of Christian pilgrims gathered Sunday to celebrate the path of Jesus Christ’s last journey into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, before his crucifixion
Christians around the world are marked Palm Sunday which was yesterday, March 29, by waving fronds, attending church services and visiting sites in the Holy Land at the start of the Holy Week that ends with Easter.

Here are 10 photos from around the world showing how this year’s preparation for the Holy Week began.

Enjoy!

Mideast Israel Palm Sunday: Roman Catholic clergymen carry palm fronds during the Palm Sunday procession at Church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed by many to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday, March 29, 2015. Palm Sunday marks for Christians Jesus Christ’s entrance into Jerusalem when his followers laid palm branches in his path, prior to his crucifixion. AP Photo/Oded Balilt
Mideast Lebanon Assyrian Palm Sunday: Assyrian Christians light candles upon their arrival at the Assyrian church to attend Mass marking the traditional Palm Sunday procession in east of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, March 29, 2015. Streams of Christians gathered Sunday to celebrate the path of Jesus Christ’s last journey into Jerusalem, when his followers laid palm branches in his path, before his crucifixio
VATICAN CITY, VATICAN – MARCH 29: Pope Francis holds the Palm Sunday Mass at St. Peter’s Square on March 29, 2015 in Vatican City, Vatican. On Palm Sunday Christians celebrate Jesus’ arrival into Jerusalem, where he was put to death. It marks the official beginning of Holy Week during which Christians observe the death of Christ before celebrations begin on Easte
  • Nigeria Palm Sunday: A Nigerian girl, poses for a photograph on Palm Sunday, outside St Theresa’s Catholic Church, in Yola, Nigeria. Sunday, March 29, 2015. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) 
    ISRAEL PALESTINIAN RELIGION HOLY WEEK EASTER: Roman Catholic clergy carry palm branches as they circle the aedicule during the Palm Sunday Easter procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City on March 29, 2015. The ceremony is a landmark in the Christian calendar, marking the triumphant return of Christ to Jerusalem the week before his death, when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves. Palm Sunday marks the start of the most solemn week in the Christian calendar
  • India Palm Sunday: An Indian Christian devotee picks palm leaves for the Palm Sunday mass at a Church in Mumbai, India, Sunday, March 29, 2015. Christians comprise 2 percent of India’s more than 1.2 billion people. AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool 
    LEBANON IRAQ RELIGION CHRISTIAN PALM SUNDAY EASTER: A woman holds an olive branch and flags as Syriac Catholic Iraqis, who fled the violence in their country, gather to celebrate Palm Sunday that marks the triumphant return of Jesus Christ to Jerusalem when a cheering crowd greeted him waving palm leaves the week before his death on March 29, 2015 in Sadd el Baouchriyeh, East of the capital Beiru
  • Nigeria Palm SundayNigeria Christians attend the Palm Sunday mass, at St Theresa’s Catholic Church, in Yola, Nigeria. Sunday, March 29, 2015. 
    Philippines Palm Sunday: A Filipino Catholic priest blesses palm fronds during Palm Sunday rites outside the Holy Family Parish church in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines Sunday, March 29, 2015. Palm Sunday marks the triumphant entry of Jesus Christ into Jerusalem and ushers in the Holy Week observance among Catholics worldwide. AP Photo/Aaron Favila
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