Easter around the world

New York Daily Life Madelyn Notaro, 2, is comforted during a photo shoot with the Easter Bunny in Buffalo, N.Y., Wednesday, March 27, 2013. The Broadway Market is a popular destination for Easter holiday shopping. (AP Photo/David Duprey)

AP Photo/David Duprey

India Easter Sunday Decorated Easter eggs are placed in preparation of Easter Sunday in Gauhati, India, Saturday, March 30, 2013. As part of the Easter tradition, Christians decorate eggs and distribute to worshipers on Easter Sunday.(AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

AP Photo/Anupam Nath

MINWS 3-31 easter egg hunt 2nd A squirrel runs away with an Easter egg during an egg hunt from the First General Baptist Church on Saturday, March 30, 2013 in Owensboro, Ky. (AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley)

AP Photo/The Messenger-Inquirer, Gary Emord-Netzley

China Easter Sunday Newly baptized Catholics in white attend a ceremony on the eve of Easter Sunday at the official Catholic church South Cathedral in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 30, 2013. China and the Vatican have no diplomatic ties and the ruling Communist Party forced Chinese Catholics to sever their ties with the Holy See in the 1950s. China officially records about 6 million Catholics worshipping in 6,300 congregations across the country, although millions more are believed to worship outside the official church, with considerable crossover between the two in many areas. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

China Easter Sunday A young girl stares into the flame of a candle during a candle light mass on the eve of Easter Sunday at the Southern Cathedral in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

China Easter Sunday Beijing's Catholic bishop Li Shan, center, performs rites during a mass on the eve of Easter Sunday at the Southern Cathedral in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

Belarus Catholic Easter Roman Catholic faithful leave a Catholic church after a mass in small town Rakov, some 45 kilometers (28 miles) northwest of Minsk, Belarus, Saturday, March 30, 2013. A Catholic community in predominantly Orthodox Christian Belarus prepare to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

AP Photo/Sergei Grits

Germany Weather Icicles hang on a decorated Easter fountain in Bieberbach, Germany, Sunday March 24, 2013. The Easter well is a German tradition of decorating public wells or fountains with Easter eggs for Easter. (AP Photo/dpa, David Ebener)

AP Photo/dpa, David Ebener

Germany Easter Market Children in traditional costumes attend the opening of the 16th Sorbian Easter egg market in Schleife, eastern Germany, Saturday, March 16, 2013. People can watch 30 Easter egg painters from Lusatia region decorating Easter eggs on the two-day market. (AP Photo/dpa, Matthias Hiekel)

AP Photo/dpa, Matthias Hiekel

Germany Easter Market Uta Zschieschan presents her traditionally decorated eggs at her booth at the 16th Sorbian Easter egg market in Schleife, eastern Germany, Saturday, March 16, 2013. People can watch 30 Easter egg painters from Lusatia region decorating Easter eggs on the two-day market. (AP Photo/dpa, Matthias Hiekel)

AP Photo/dpa, Matthias Hiekel

Germany Easter Market Kerstin Hanusch presents her traditionally decorated eggs at her booth at the 16th Sorbian Easter egg market in Schleife, eastern Germany, Saturday, March 16, 2013. People can watch 30 Easter egg painters from Lusatia region decorating Easter eggs on the two-day market. (AP Photo/dpa, Matthias Hiekel)

AP Photo/dpa, Matthias Hiekel

Austria Easter Decorations A child points at an Easter egg for decoration at a traditional Easter market at the Freyung square in downtown Vienna, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

AP Photo/Ronald Zak

Austria Easter Decorations Colorful Easter eggs are piled to decorate booths at a traditional Easter market at the Freyung square in downtown Vienna, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

AP Photo/Ronald Zak

China Easter Sunday Young children attend a candle light mass on the eve of Easter Sunday at the Southern Cathedral in Beijing, China, Saturday, March 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

AP Photo/Ng Han Guan

Germany Easter Eggs An employee of an Easter egg dyeing company sorts colored, cooked eggs in Thannhausen near Augsburg, southern Germany, on Monday, March 18, 2013. Up to 200,000 eggs are dyed at the company daily in the run-up to Easter. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

AP Photo/Matthias Schrader

Germany Easter An employee of an Easter egg dyeing company controls colored, cooked eggs in Thannhausen near Augsburg, southern Germany, on Monday, March 18, 2013. Up to 200 000 eggs are being dyed in the company daily in pre Easter time. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

AP Photo/Matthias Schrader

Michelle Obama First lady Michelle Obama carries an Easter basket during her visit to the Fisher House, located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, March 20, 2013, for a pre-Easter celebration with military families and children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Michelle Obama First lady Michelle Obama carries an Easter basket for her visit to the Fisher House, located at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., Wednesday, March 20, 2013, for a pre-Easter celebration with military families and children. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

AP Photo/Susan Walsh

Germany Easter Egg Tree Visitors watch a tree decorated with about 10,000 Easter eggs in the garden of the retired couple Christa and Volker Kraft in Saalfeld, central Germany, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. The Kraft family has been decorating their tree at Easter for more than forty years. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

AP Photo/Jens Meyer

Volker Kraft Volker Kraft decorates a tree with around 10,000 Easter eggs in their garden in Saalfeld, central Germany, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. The retired couple Christa and Volker Kraft have been decorating their tree at Easter for more than forty years. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

AP Photo/Jens Meyer

Christa Kraft Christa Kraft, right, explains to a young visitor different designs of about 10,000 Easter eggs on a tree in their garden in Saalfeld, central Germany, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. The retired couple Christa and Volker Kraft has been decorating their tree at Easter for more than forty years. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

AP Photo/Jens Meyer

Jerzy Dudek Former Polish soccer star and goalkeeper of FC Liverpool and Real Madrid, Jerzy Dudek , decorates a chocolate Easter egg during a meeting with children at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 on an invitation from First Lady Anna Komorowska. Catholic Poland has a tradition of painting and decorating eggs for Easter. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski

Jerzy Dudek Former Polish soccer star and goalkeeper of FC Liverpool and Real Madrid, Jerzy Dudek , decorates a chocolate Easter egg during a meeting with children at the Presidential Palace in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 on an invitation from First Lady Anna Komorowska. Catholic Poland has a tradition of painting and decorating eggs for Easter. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski

Austria Easter Decorations A person decorates a booth with painted eggs at a traditional Easter market at the Freyung square in downtown Vienna, Austria, Saturday, March 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Ronald Zak)

AP Photo/Ronald Zak

Germany Lambs Four Easter lambs eat grass on a field of the farm Bloem in Ihlow, western Germany, Tuesday, March 26, 2013. The little lambs were born two weeks ago. (AP Photo/dpa, Ingo Wagner)

AP Photo/dpa, Ingo Wagner

283049 The sunrise at the Easter service at the Lincoln memorial. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)

WTOP/Jamie Forzato

South Korea Easter Day A girl looks at decorative eggs on sale to celebrate Easter Day at Myeongdong in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-jo

Vatican Pope Easter Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi (to the city and to the world) message at the end of the Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans and bedecked by spring flowers. Wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis strode onto the esplanade in front of St. Peter's Basilica and took his place at an altar set up under a white canopy. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia

Vatican Pope Easter Pope Francis holds a San Lorenzo's soccer team jersey after celebrating his first Easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans and bedecked by spring flowers.Wearing cream-colored vestments, Francis strode onto the esplanade in front of St. Peter's Basilica and took his place at an altar set up under a white canopy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Germany Easter Sorbs Men of the Sorbian community ride on decorated horses during the traditional Easter procession in Ralbitz, 70km (45miles) east of Dresden, Germany, Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. Sorbian men wearing black coats and top hats, sing holy songs on horseback and preach the message of Jesus' resurrection. The Sorbs are a Slavic, Catholic minority in eastern Germany. (AP Photo/dpa,Matthias Hiekel)

South Africa Mandela Hospitalized Worshippers offer prayers to celebrate Easter and for former president Nelson Mandela, Sunday, March 31, 2013 in Johannesburg. Mandela remains in a hospital while he receives treatment for a recurrence of pneumonia. Presidential spokesman Mac Maharaj says there are no updates on 94-year-old Mandela since an official statement Saturday on his condition. That statement reported the anti-apartheid leader was breathing without difficulty after having a procedure to clear fluid in his lung area. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

AP Photo/Denis Farrell

Vatican Pope Easter Pope Francis arrives to lead a open-air easter Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, March 31, 2013. Pope Francis is celebrating his first Easter Sunday Mass as pontiff in St. Peter's Square, which is packed by joyous pilgrims, tourists and Romans. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

APTOPIX Mideast Iraq Easter A worshipper reaches to touch a crucifix during Easter mass at Virgin Mary Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The Chaldean Church is an Eastern Rite church affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

Mideast Iraq Easter Iraqi Christians light candles before Easter mass at Virgin Mary Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The Chaldean Church is an Eastern Rite church affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)

AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed

Pakistan Easter Pakistani Christian women attend early Easter Mass at St. Anthony Church in Lahore, Pakistan on Sunday, March 31, 2013. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary

Belarus Catholic Easter Belarusian Roman Catholics take part in a procession around a church as they celebrate Easter in small town Rakov, some 45 kilometers (28 miles) northwest of Minsk, Belarus, Sunday, March 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

AP Photo/Sergei Grits

Philippines Easter Sunday A Filipino boy rides inside a styrofoam box as they swim at the polluted waters of Manila's bay, Philippines as they celebrate Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013. Despite a city-imposed swimming ban, many poor Filipinos set up makeshift tents and swam along the bay to cool themselves from summer's sweltering heat. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

AP Photo/Aaron Favila

Thousands of people gather for a sunrise service on Easter morning at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)

WTOP/Jamie Forzato

Indian Christians light candles and pray beside the graves of their dear ones early morning as they observe Easter in Purulia, about 350 kilometers (220 miles) west of Kolkata, India, Sunday, March 31, 2013. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

AP Photo/Bikas Das

There was no more room on the Lincoln Memorial steps, so people sat on the ground at the sunrise service. (WTOP/Jamie Forzato)

WTOP/Jamie Forzato

Easter Vigil St. Mark Catholic Church begin celebrating Easter Saturday evening with their Service of Light where the Paschal "Easter" Candle is blessed at the vigil and then used throughout the year for baptisms and funerals. The flame from the Paschal Candle is shared through the congregation to begin the service. (AP Photo/ Wilmington Star-News, Jeff Janowski)

AP Photo/ Wilmington Star-News, Jeff Janowski

Lithuania Easter A young girl attends an Easter vigil mass at Cathedral-Basilica in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, March 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis

Philippines Easter Sunday A Filipino boy joins other devotees during the traditional Easter Sunday ritual of the meeting of the "Risen Christ" and "Mother Mary" held at dawn at the Santo Domingo church in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The event culminates the observance of Holy Week in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

AP Photo/Aaron Favila

Philippines Easter Sunday Filipino devotees hold candles during the traditional Easter Sunday ritual of the meeting of the "Risen Christ" and "Mother Mary" held at dawn at the Santo Domingo church in suburban Quezon city, north of Manila, Philippines, Sunday, March 31, 2013. The event culminates the observance of Holy Week in this predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

AP Photo/Aaron Favila

Lithuania Easter Worshippers hold candles during the Easter vigil mass in Cathedral-Basilica at the Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, March 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis

Vatican Easter Vigil Pope Francis leaves after celebrating the Easter vigil service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Saturday, March 30, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service Saturday after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he began to put his mark on the Catholic Church. Francis processed into a darkened and silent St. Peter's Basilica at the start of the service, in which the faithful recall the period between Christ's crucifixion on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Vatican Easter Vigil Pope Francis leaves after celebrating the Easter vigil service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Saturday, March 30, 2013. Pope Francis celebrated a trimmed back Easter Vigil service after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he has begun to put his mark on the Catholic Church. Francis processed into a darkened and silent St. Peter's Basilica at the start of the Saturday service, which recalls the period between Christ's crucifixion on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino

Vatican Easter Vigil Pope Francis leads the Easter vigil service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Saturday, March 30, 2013. Pope Francis is celebrating a trimmed back Easter Vigil service after having reached out to Muslims and women during a Holy Week in which he has begun to put his mark on the Catholic Church. Francis processed into a darkened and silent St. Peter's Basilica at the start of the Saturday service, which recalls the period between Christ's crucifixion on Good Friday and resurrection on Easter Sunday. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Spain Holy Week Penitents of the "Las Siete Palabras" brotherhood take part in the procession of "La Soledad" during Holy Week in Madrid, Spain, Saturday, March 30, 2013. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)

AP Photo/Andres Kudacki

Lithuania Easter Priests to light the fire before the Easter vigil mass at the Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania, Saturday, March 30, 2013. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis)

AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis