Easter celebrations despite coronavirus

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By aya salah
A Catholic priest bows before a cross at an empty cathedral in Los Angeles in the US

Christians around the world are seeking new ways to celebrate Easter, as many countries remain under lockdown to limit the spread of coronavirus.

Many of them have been attending remote services online, while their clergy preach to cameras in empty churches.

In some places, traditions go on in defiance of the restrictions.

Meanwhile a pilgrim finds only locked doors at the Holy Sepulchre church in Jerusalem
… while a couple in Adelaide, South Australia, watches an Anglican service from home
A woman holds a cloth with an image of Jesus Christ in Brasilia Cathedral, Brazil
A woman looks out from her window in Cambados, north-western Spain, where religious processions have been cancelled
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