Pope Francis blesses the crowd from the main balcony of St Peter’s Basilica during the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the city and the world, as part of Easter celebrations at St Peter’s Square in the Vatican

Armenian clergy members gather at the Holy Sepulchre Church in Jerusalem’s Old City to celebrate the Easter Mass

For Christians, Easter symbolises hope and renewal, signifying the victory of life over death

Orthodox worshippers attend the Easter service at Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral in Kyiv on Sunday, even as the Russian invasion of Ukraine continued

Ukraine's President noted that Russian forces persisted with shelling and attacks along the front lines, despite President Putin's unexpected and short-lived Easter truce

Devotees light candles at Saint Michael's Golden-Domed Cathedral 

A family poses for picture after the Easter service in Saint Michael's Golden-domed Cathedral in Kyiv

In Ralbitz-Rosenthal, eastern Germany, Sorbian horsemen dressed in traditional black attire ride decorated horses and sing during the Sorbian Easter horseback procession, an ancient religious ritual

This centuries-old tradition, observed on Easter Sunday, symbolises the announcement of Jesus Christ’s resurrection

The Sorbs are a Slavic minority living in eastern Germany near the German-Polish border