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March 31, 2018

Photos: Good Friday, reenacting the crucifixion walk

A man lies on the ground carrying a crucifix during a dramatisation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, heralding the start of Easter celebrations, in Lagos on March 30, 2018. Nigerian Christian faithful have joined others worldwide as they start to celebrate the Easter festival as armed bandits killed six miners in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, police said, an area beset with ethnic and religious tensions with frequent clashes between farmers and herders. / AFP PHOTO /

Nigerian Christian faithful joined others worldwide as they start to celebrate the Easter festival.

A man lies on the ground carrying a crucifix during a dramatisation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, heralding the start of Easter celebrations, in Lagos on March 30, 2018.
Nigerian Christian faithful have joined others worldwide as they start to celebrate the Easter festival as armed bandits killed six miners in northern Nigeria’s Kaduna state, police said, an area beset with ethnic and religious tensions with frequent clashes between farmers and herders. / AFP PHOTO /

An actor dressed as Jesus Christ carries a cross, as he reenacts the crucifixion walk, along the cobble streets of Old San Juan during the Good Friday procession in San Juan, Puerto Rico on March 30, 2018. / AFP PHOTO /

Choir members of Cathedral Church of Christ Marina, Lagos on procession after 2018 Good Friday Service at the Cathedral.

The Most Rev’d Dr E. Adebola Ademowo OON the Diocesan Bishop of Lagos and Dean Emeritus, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion with wife Mrs Oluranti Ademowo and clergy of the Cathedral Church of Christ Marina Lagos after 2018 Good Friday service at Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina Lagos

A man lies on the ground carrying a crucifix during a dramatisation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, heralding the start of Easter celebrations, in Lagos on March 30, 2018.
Nigerian Christian faithful have joined others worldwide as they start to celebrate the Easter festival ./ AFP PHOTO /

A man carries a crucifix during a dramatisation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, heralding the start of Easter celebrations, in Lagos on March 30, 2018.

Christians march as they follow a dramatisation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, heralding the start of Easter celebrations, in Lagos on March 30, 2018.

People carry a man on a cross during a dramatisation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, heralding the start of Easter celebrations, in Lagos on March 30, 2018.

A young girl is comforted as she cries during a dramatisation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, heralding the start of Easter celebrations, in Lagos on March 30, 2018.

A man showers another with water during a dramatisation of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ to mark Good Friday, heralding the start of Easter celebrations, in Lagos on March 30, 2018.

The image of Christ is carried in a “Holy Burial” procession during Good Friday, as part of Holy Week celebrations in Guatemala City, on March 30, 2018.

Actors perform the Passion of Jesus Christ during the Good Friday’s procession within Holy Week celebrations, in Tlaquepaque, Jalisco State, Mexico, on March 30, 2018. T / AFP PHOTO

Catholic devotees reenact the sufferings of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday procession at the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 30, 2018. / AFP PHOTO /

Catholic devotees reenact the sufferings of Jesus Christ during a Good Friday procession at the Rocinha favela in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on March 30, 2018. / AFP PHOTO /