Photos: Easter 2017

WASHINGTON — Millions of Christians celebrated Easter on April 16.

From the secular to the religious, here is a look at how the world celebrated the holiday.

Pope Francis celebrates the Easter Mass, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Nuns follow the Easter Mass from a balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 16, 2017 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Pope Francis arrives to celebrate the Easter Mass, in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, April 16, 2017 (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Pope Francis celebrates the Easter Mass, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia

Indian Christians pray at a Church on Easter Sunday in Gauhati, India, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians make up about 2.3 percent of India’s population of 1.26 billion. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

A Pakistani Christian woman prays during an Easter service at Catholic Sacred Heart Cathedral chruch in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Orthodox Christian worshippers attend a prayer during the Easter Eve service at the St. Porphyrios church in Gaza City, Saturday, April 15, 2017. Christians have gathered at the church for the fire ceremony that celebrates Jesus' resurrection. (AP Photo/Adel Hana) — Orthodox Christian worshippers attend a prayer during the Easter Eve service at the St. Porphyrios church in Gaza City, Saturday, April 15, 2017. Christians have gathered at the church for the fire ceremony that celebrates Jesus’ resurrection. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

A clergyman leads an early morning Easter service at St. Patric church in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, April 16, 2017. Christians across the world are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe Jesus was resurrected in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

An Orthodox priest blesses traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs prepared for Easter celebrations in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church, also known as the Kiev Monastery of the Caves, in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, April 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov

A Kosovo Serb Orthodox believer holds a candle during an Easter vigil mass in the monastery of Gracanica during an Easter service, Kosovo Sunday, April 16, 2017. Across the world, Orthodox Christians are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe that Jesus was resurrected more than 2,000 years ago. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu

Pope Francis presides over a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 15, 2017. Holding a single candle, Francis processed down the center aisle of a darkened St. Peter’s Basilica, symbolizing the darkness that fell after Jesus’ crucifixion on Good Friday. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Christian pilgrims light candles during the Holy Fire ceremony in the church of the Holy Sepulchre, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, Saturday, April 15, 2017, in Jerusalem. Thousands of Christians have gathered in Jerusalem for the ancient fire ceremony that celebrates Jesus’ resurrection. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)

AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

Pope Francis presides over a solemn Easter vigil ceremony in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, April 15, 2017. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

AP Photo/Andrew Medichini

Ukrainian Orthodox faithful light candles from the Holy Fire brought from Jerusalem in St. Volodymyr Cathedral during the ceremony of the Holy Fire in Kiev, Ukraine, Saturday, April 15, 2017. The Holy Fire ceremony is part of Orthodox Easter rituals and the flame symbolizes the resurrection of Christ in a ceremony dating back to the 12th century. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)

AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov

Kosovo Serb Orthodox woman holds her baby during an Easter vigil mass in the monastery of Gracanica during an Easter service, Kosovo Sunday, April 16, 2017. Across the world, Orthodox Christians are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe that Jesus was resurrected more than 2,000 years ago. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu

AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov

An altar boy holding candles walks with Kosovo Serb Orthodox Bishop Teodosije, right, a nun and pilgrims during an Easter vigil mass in the monastery of Gracanica during an Easter service, Kosovo on Sunday, April 16, 2017. Across the world, Orthodox Christians are celebrating Easter, commemorating the day followers believe that Jesus was resurrected more than 2,000 years ago. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu

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