From South Korea to Lithuania Christians around the world celebrate Easter (20pics)

 Worshippers hold candles during a mass on the eve of Easter, at a Catholic church in Taiyuan, Shanxi province

 A priest lights a candle ahead of a mass on the eve of Easter at a Catholic church in Shenyang, Liaoning province

 Catholic priests baptizing new believers during an Easter Vigil in a Catholic church in Shenyang City, Liaoning province, China

 Roman Catholic devotees attend a mass at a church on Easter Sunday in Manila

 Altar boys hold candles and crosses as they await the procession to celebrate the Feast of the Resurrection outside a church in Mandaluyong City, near Manila, Philippines

 South Korean Christians take part in a procession to celebrate Easter on a street in Icheon, about 80 km (50 miles) southeast of Seoul

 South Korean Christians pray for peace during an Easter mass at a church in Icheon

 South Korean Catholics pray for peace on the Korean Peninsula during an annual Easter service at Myeongdong Catholic Cathedral in Seoul, South Korea

 A girl attends a religious gathering to mark Easter Sunday in Kathmandu, Nepal

 A group of Nepalese Christians attend a religious gathering to mark Easter Sunday in Kathmandu, Nepal

 A security officer checks worshipers as they arrive for the Easter Sunday service at the Chaldean Catholic Mar Yussef (St. Joseph) Cathedral in the Karrada district of central Baghdad

 Cardinal Audrys Juozas Backis (L) administrates the blessing at the Easter vigil mass in the Kathedral-Basilica in Vilnius, Lithuania

 A worshipper reaches to touch a crucifix during Easter mass at Virgin Mary Chaldean Church in Baghdad, Iraq

 People hold candles during an Easter vigil mass in the Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania

 People watch a dummy being burnt during the symbolic burning of the biblical character of Judas during Holy Week in Palmela, 30 km (19 miles) south of Lisbon

 A Catholic priest lights up the Easter fire during an Easter vigil at the Cathedral of Virgin Mary Immaculate Conception in Moscow

 Clergy light the Paschal candle during the Easter Vigil Mass, at Westminster Cathedral, in central London

 The Bishop of Leicester Rt Rev Tim Stevens (left) assisted by Vicar Barry Hill conduct a baptism outside Leicester Cathedral

Belarusian Roman Catholics take part in a procession around a church as they celebrate Easter in the small town Rakov, some 45 kilometers (28 miles) northwest of Minsk, Belarus

Locals and tourists attend the 'Explosion of the Cart' Easter folk tradition in Florence, Italy