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How people celebrated Easter in Australia and around the world

Josh Hohne, Associated Press and Yashee Sharma

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Pope Francis arrives as he celebrates the annual Easter mass in St Peter's Square at the Vatican.

Last week he unexpectedly skipped homily during the Palm Sunday Mass service at the Vatican, although was able to preside over the service and was later driven around in the popemobile.

Attribution: AP Photo/Andrew Medichin
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The 87-year-old has in recent weeks had aides read out several of his speeches after suffering from a bout of ill health, which on 28 February saw him go to hospital for tests.

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Crowds pack St Peter's Square at The Vatican during the Easter Sunday mass.

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Cardinals line up in St Peter's Square at The Vatican for the Easter Sunday mass.

Attribution: AP Photo/Andrew Medichin
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The colourful Vatican Swiss Guards prepare for the arrival of The Pope.

Attribution: AP Photo/Andrew Medichin
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Christian families remember their loved ones by lighting candles and putting flowers on their graves early on Easter Sunday in Purulia, West Bengal, India.

Attribution: AP Photo/Bikas Das
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In Italy, believers held the cross and took part in a torchlight procession at the Colosseum in Rome.

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Christians dressed up and participated in an Easter Parade in Seoul, South Korea.

Attribution: Getty
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Children ran to collect eggs during an annual Easter Egg Hunt at Living Memorial Park in Vermont, USA.

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Amid the ongoing war with Russia, clerics and worshipers walked around a cathedral in Ukraine's capital of Kyiv.

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