Devotees participate in the Good Friday rituals around the world

Worshippers in Mexico, Cuba, Guatemala, Paraguay and Spain walk the streets enacting the crucifixion of Jesus Christ three days before the resurrection on Easter Sunday. (Photo: AP)

A hooded penitent from the Cristo del Mercado brotherhood, silhouetted by the Segovia cathedral, carries a wooden cross as taking part in a traditional annual Holy Week procession in Segovia, Spain. (Photo: AP)

A hooded woman carries a wooden cross during a Holy Week procession in Taxco, Guerrero state, Mexico. (Photo: AP)

A faithful Catholic lights a torch as he participates in the "Tanarandy" town procession, south of Asuncion, Paraguay. (Photo: AP)

La Escuela de Cristo Catholic Church penitents burn incense during an afternoon procession through the streets of Antigua in Guatemala. (Photo: AP)

Catholic faithful of Paraguay carry a Virgin statue in a "Tanarandy" town procession, south of Asuncion, Paraguay on Good Friday. (Photo: AP)

People carry a statue of Jesus Christ during a Holy Week procession on Good Friday in Regla, a town just across the bay from Havana, Cuba. (Photo: AP)

Church groups carry representations of Christ on the cross as they walk in a procession to church. (Photo: AP)