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  1. An archbishop in black robes with a purple skullcap stands in a church. There is a stained glass window behind him.

  2. Pope Francis with his hands raised in blessing during his final public appearance

  3. Shows a shell of a church with a firefighter on the left, a red hose to the bottom right and a grey sky

  4. Bishop Bosco MacDonald shaking hands with Pope Francis. They are both wearing ceremonial clothes

  5. Pope Francis waves to a crowd.

  6. Women walk among remains of residential buildings destroyed by shelling, as Russias invasion of Ukraine continues, in Zhytomyr

  7. Visitor in St Peter's Square, Vatican City

  8. Pope Francis, wearing a white robe, waves while stood on red steps.

  9. UK flag is lowered at the British Embassy to the Holy See

  10. BBC reporter Sofia Bettiza in St Peter's Square

  11. Seven people from Ukraine's armed forces, some in military uniform, holding candles to mark Easter Sunday.

  12. People arrive for the Orthodox Easter service at the Church of Archistratigus Michael which was damaged in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict and is now being restored, in Avdiivka (Avdeyevka), in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, April 20, 2025

  13. A Ukrainian gunner prepares to fire a Bohdana self-propelled howitzer towards Russian troops

  14. Three mourners side-by-side in prayer with crowds seated in rows behind them

  15. Pope Francis sitting on a balcony waving at a crowd flanked by at least three aides.

  16. Aerial view of a scientific vessel at sea

  17. Resident Natalia Steblovska walks in front of her house which was damaged during a Russian drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine, on 16 April, 2025

  18. Blue domes and white villages on cliff tops of Santorini

  19. Graeme Winn and wife Elaine

  20. A woman walks from a church during Orthodox Easter celebrations, as an apartment building damaged in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict is seen in the background, in Avdiivka (Avdeyevka), in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine, April 20

  21. A woman and man in stand outside a cathedral in Easter Bonnet Parade. Both are wearing colourful scarves and decorations in their hats

  22. Two Ukrainian soldiers with face coverings. There is snow on the ground.

  23. Pope Francis speaks from a balcony, on the day of the "Urbi et Orbi" (to the city and to the world) message at St Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, in the Vatican, on 20 April, 2025

  24. Pope Francis sits and waves from a chair on a balcony next to a colleague.