News / World News In Pictures: Millions join Easter Sunday celebrations around the world By Press Association March 31, 2024, 2:16 pm St Peter’s Square at the Vatican is filled with worshippers for Easter Sunday Mass (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: Thank you for signing up to our Sunday Post newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Despite concerns around his health, Pope Francis was on good form to lead celebrations across the world on Easter Sunday. Tens of thousands of worshippers packed into St Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday as the Pope led Easter Sunday Mass (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) Francis had pulled out of events in the run-up to Easter, hoping to conserve his energy for one of the biggest celebrations in the Christian calendar (Alessandra Tarantino/AP) A woman prays in St Peter’s Square at the Vatican, which was decorated with thousands of spring flowers (Andrew Medichini/AP) In Tudela, northern Spain, a young girl, secured by a harness, floats in the air during the Easter Sunday ceremony ‘Descent of the Angel’ (Alvaro Barrientos/AP) Nadie Pardo was chosen for the role in the Tudela ceremony, which is a key part of Holy Week (Alvaro Barrientos/AP) In West Bengal, India, a young girl lights a candle as Christian families remember their loved ones and put flowers on their graves early on Easter Sunday (Bikas Das/AP) Pakistani Christians hold candles as they attend midnight Easter Mass at St Patrick’s Cathedral in Karachi (Fareed Khan/AP) In the Old City of Jerusalem, Easter Sunday Mass took place at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, where many Christians believe Jesus was crucified, buried and rose from the dead (Leo Correa/AP) Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Pierbattista Pizzaballa, led Mass at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Leo Correa/AP) Pierbattista Pizzaballa kisses the Stone of Unction, which is traditionally claimed as the stone where Jesus’s body was prepared for burial (Leo Correa/AP) Enjoy the convenience of having The Sunday Post delivered as a digital ePaper straight to your smartphone, tablet or computer. Subscribe for only £5.49 a month and enjoy all the benefits of the printed paper as a digital replica. Subscribe More from The Sunday Post Majority of college staff want Ofsted inspections to be abolished – survey Student protesters arrested in Texas as others in US defy demand to leave camp Proud parents celebrate fairytale birthday for little princess given world’s most expensive drug to battle life-threatening rare condition Kate’s new photo of Louis released to celebrate prince’s sixth birthday