Some wore their Sunday best in New York's annual Easter Parade on Fifth Avenue, but others simply spruced up their St. Patrick's Day or Halloween outfits.
Ukrainian Orthodox believers, lights candles with fire which was delivered to the Ukrainian capital from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City.
Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill conducts the Easter service in Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia.
Two worshippers talk next to a wire fence protecting the church of Panagia Erithiani, on the eastern Aegean island of Chios.
1. Young men ignite rockets during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations on the eastern Aegean island of Chios.
Men load handmade rockets on a truck, in front of Agios Markos church, on the eastern Aegean island of Chios, as part of the Easter celebrations that take place on the island. Thousands of handmade rockets are fired every year on Great Saturday
Greek Orthodox priests carry the Holy Fire during an Easter Mass at the church of Agii Anargyri in Athens. The Holy Fire is brought in Greece every year from the church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, traditionally believed to be the burial site
A Ukrainian Orthodox devotee holds a candle during Easter Sunday rites in Donetsk, Ukraine, early Sunday, April 20, 2014.
Orthodox priests carries candles during Easter Sunday rites in Donetsk, Ukraine, early morning.
Lithuanian Orthodox believers light candles during an Easter vigil mass in the Prechistensky, the Cathedral Palace, in Vilnius, Lithuania.
7. A Ukrainian Orthodox devotee cleans a candelabrum within a church.
A deacon, holding an icon of Jesus Christ's resurrection, walks ahead of a procession outside St. Clement Christian Orthodox church in Macedonia's capital Skopje during Easter service.
Orthodox devotees carry candles during Easter Sunday rites in Donetsk, Ukraine.
This year Easter is celebrated on the same day for Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox churches all over the world.
Ukrainian Orthodox believers light candles during a Orthodox Easter service.
An Orthodox priest blesses traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs prepared for Easter celebrations in the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra church.
Ukrainian Orthodox believers, lights candles with fire which was delivered to the Ukrainian capital from the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City, traditionally believed to be the burial place of Jesus Christ, after the ceremony of
Rockets fly towards the church of Ayios Markos during Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations on the eastern Aegean island of Chios.
People wait to have their traditional Easter cakes and painted eggs blessed for an Easter celebration, at a church in Donetsk, Ukraine.
Pope Francis holds the Holy Gospel as he celebrates the Easter vigil service in St. Peter's Basilica.Pope Francis has presided over a solemn Easter Vigil in St. Peter's Basilica in which he is to baptize 10 people. The vigil is among the most solemn
Archbishop Gintaras Grusas perfoms the blessing at the Easter vigil mass in the Cathedral in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Pope Francis baptizes 10-year-hold Giorgio Capezzuoli during the Easter vigil service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican.
Pope Francis presides over an Easter vigil service in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican Saturday.
Cardinals hold lit candles during the Easter vigil service celebrated by Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica.
If the Easter Parade has taken on a modern twist, "it's a little bit of fun for the occasion, and you take it for what it is," she said. "It's 2014; let's enjoy it."
"This is a carnival of darkness, it's paganism, it's a mockery of Easter," said the retired Diamond District jeweler from New Jersey. "This has nothing to do with Christ; we are asking for the wrath of God." Not so, said Herrera, waiting in line for
From outfits accented with live animals to civil war period costumes and the latest high fashions, there is a little bit of everything for the parade viewer.
Differently-abled students perform to mark the World Disabled Day celebrations in Rajahmundry on Tuesday. - DC
Some things change, some don't. This parade doesn't have any floats or marching bands but it is a spectacle nonetheless.
Visitors in town during Easter will enjoy stopping by the area for a bit during the festivities, but seeing the various Easter bonnets and costumed pets is probably only worth a short visit.
The area around St. Patrick's Cathedral is the ideal place to see the parade. Unlike most New York City Parades, the Easter Parade is a far less organized event. From 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. the area along Fifth Avenue from 49th to 57th Streets is closed
On Easter Sunday, you have the opportunity to see Easter bonnets to the New York City extreme as "paraders" wander along Fifth Avenue from 49th to 57th Streets.
On Sunday, a Long Island lawyer smoked a cigar with a carrot wrapped around it, and had carrot greens hanging from his jacket pockets.
In recent decades, the street gathering that started in the 1880s as a strolling display of Easter finery outside Fifth Avenue churches has morphed into a sort of costume circus.