Pope Francis has led Easter celebrations, delivering a message of peace before a huge crowd in the Vatican, despite concerns of his health
Elsewhere, festivities have been taking place across the world to mark the most important festival in the Christian calendar Easter.
Tens of thousands of worshippers have gathered in St Peter’s Square to hear Pope Francis lead Easter Sunday Mass.
Jesus was resurrected on Easter Sunday, the Bible says, days after dying on the cross on Good Friday. It is traditional for many to attend services on Saturday evenings as well as on Sundays.
Around the world, people celebrated Easter including in the Philippines where worshippers crowded to get a glimpse of the traditional procession.
In the capital Manila, children dressed as angels and prayed.
Elsewhere, in Nairobi’s Kiberia district in Kenya, worshippers young and old joined together to light candles.
Easter Sunday marks a major part of the Catholic calendar and is followed by 1.4 billion people around the globe.
At the St. Sebastian’s Church in Katuwapitiya, Sri Lanka, a Catholic priest gave Holy communion to Christian devotees.
Services have also been held across many European capitals, cities and towns.
Following an ancient religious ritual, Sorbs, an ethnic Slavic minority in Germany, ride decorated horses while singing and announce Jesus Christ’s resurrection
