People take part in Holy Week rituals in Spain, Uruaguay and Guatemala

Devotees around the world take part in unique Holy Week celebrations before Easter. (Photo: AP)

People stand over the base of a stone cross waiting for the procession of the folk saint Maximon in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. (Photo: AP)

Penitents walk the down a street in Spain's Zamora as part of the Holy Week procession. (Photo: AP)

A gaucho rides a wild horse during the Criolla del Prado rodeo in Montevideo, Uruguay. (Photo: AP)

The folk saint Maximon arrives to the town hall, surrounded by worshipers in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala. (Photo: AP)

Devotees of The Nazareno de San Plablo wait for the procession outside of Santa Teresa Cathedral in Caracas, Venezuela. (Photo: AP)

Penitents from 'Real Cofradia del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias' also known as 'El Silencio' brotherhood take part in a procession in Zamora, Spain during the Holy Week. (Photo: AP)

During holy week the city of Montevideo in Uruguay organizes the rodeo to reward the best horse riders. (Photo: AP)