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Zamora, Spain. Penitents take part in the Procession of Silence during Holy Week: photo by Andres Kudacki/AP via The Guardian, 2 April 2015
Penitents wait inside San Francisco church to take part in “Nuestro Senor Atado a la Columna, Maria Santisima de la Paz y San Juan Evangelista” Holy Week procession in Arcos de la Frontera, Spain: photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP via FT Photo Diary, 1 April 2015
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............................. Penitents take part in a Holy Week procession in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, Monday. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.: photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP via FT Photo Diary, 31 March 2015
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..........................................Nepal’s living goddess, the Kumari Devi, is carried by worshippers during a procession on the third day of the Seto Machindranath chariot festival: photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP via The Guardian, 30 March 2015
............................. Penitents take part in a Holy Week procession in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, Monday. Hundreds of processions take place throughout Spain during the Easter Holy Week.: photo by Daniel Ochoa de Olza/AP via FT Photo Diary, 31 March 2015
..........................................Nepal’s living goddess, the Kumari Devi, is carried by worshippers during a procession on the third day of the Seto Machindranath chariot festival: photo by Prakash Mathema/AFP via The Guardian, 30 March 2015
......................................................An Indian Jain devotee on a horse participates in a religious rally organised on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti in Kolkataa: photo by Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP via FT Photo Diary, 13 March 2015
\..............................An artist has his face painted to resemble the Hindu god Shasthappan, before performing during the Theyyam ritual in Somwarpet town in the southern Indian state of Karnataka: photo by Abhishek N. Chinnappa/Reuters via FT Photo Diary, 13 March 2015
..........,,,,...........,,,,.................................A eunuch dances during a rally to mark the congregation of thousands of eunuchs from different parts of India, in Jammu, India: photo by Channi Anand/AP via FT Photo Diary, 13 March 2015
....................................An Indian Sikh performs fire-breathing during a religious procession to mark Hola Mohalla at the Gurudwara Shri Keshgarh Sahib temple at Sri Anandpur Sahib, on Friday: photo by Shammi Mehrashammi/AFP via FT Photo Diary, 6 March 2015
.................................................................Opposition fighters sit inside a damaged building in the rebel-held Qastal al-Harami neighbourhood, in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo: photo by Zein Al-Rifaizein/AFP, 24 March 2015
Widows daubed in colours dance as they take part in the Holi, or Festival of Colours, at a widows’ ashram at Vrindavan in the northern Indian state of Uttar. Traditionally in Hindu culture, widows are expected to renounce earthly pleasure so they do not celebrate Holi. But women at the shelter for widows, who have been abandoned by their families, celebrate the festival by throwing flowers and coloured powder: photo by Ahmad Masood/Reuters via FT Photo Diary, 6 March 2015
Holi, the Hindu festival of colour, is celebrated in the village of Barsana, in Uttar Pradesh, India: photo by Subodh Shetty via The Guardian, 2 April 2015
Barsane, the village near Mathura that practices male-bashing at #Holi: image via folomojo @folomojo, 22 March 2015
Thanks to everyone who came along to Holi at King's Cross. You looked AMAZING! #Holi: image via King's Cross @kingscrossN1C, 30 March 2015
#Holi at King's Cross: image via King's Cross @kingscrossN1C, 30 March 2015
Samburu warriors touch an orphaned rhino called Kilifi for the first time at Lewa wildlife conservancy in Kenya. None of the warriors had seen a rhino before and some had never seen a photo of one. The young warriors had been visiting to learn about conservation practices, as these communities hold the key to saving Africa’s great animals: photo by Ami Vitale via The Guardian, 19 March 2015
Prosecutors, lawyers and judges stand near a statue of Lady Justice during a funeral ceremony for senior Istanbul prosecutor Mehmet Selim Kiraz: photo by Osan Kose/AFP via FT Photo Diary, 1 April 2015
Japan Airlines Co. (JAL) group companies’ new employees practice before releasing paper planes during an initiation ceremony at the company’s hangar near Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan: photo by Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg via FT Photo Diary, 1 April 2015
An aerial view of a public cemetery ahead of the Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province. The festival, which falls on April 5 this year, is a day for the Chinese to remember and honour their ancestors: photo by Reuters via FT Photo Diary, 26 March 2015