The resurrection of Jesus Christ is celebrated by Christians across the world on Sunday. Pope Francis led the Easter celebrations in St Peters Square at the Vatican | AP

Young girl, Nadie Pardo, secured by a harness, floats in the air as she discovers the face of the Virgin Mary during the Easter ceremony ''Descent of the Angel'', in Tudela, northern Spain | AP

The traditionally dressed Sorbian Easter riders proclaim the Easter message on horseback on Easter Sunday in Raeckelwitz, Germany | AP

Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla at St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, England, to attend the Easter Sunday Mass | AP

Palestinian Christians take part in an Easter mass at the Holy Family Church amid muted festivities, in Gaza City | Reuters

Catholic devotees light candles as they watch the traditional procession where the images of Jesus Christ and Mary meet, on Easter Sunday, at the St Peter Parish Shrine of Leaders in Quezon City in Philippines | Reuters

A cleric of the St Nicholas Roman Catholic Church offers Holy Communion during an Easter religious service in Kyiv, Ukraine | AP

A glowing stilt walker appears in the dark as part of the Easter bonfire at the beach in Norddeich, northern Germany | AP