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

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

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

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

  5. 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

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

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

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

  9. Aerial view of a scientific vessel at sea

  10. 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

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

  12. Graeme Winn and wife Elaine

  13. 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

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

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

  16. 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

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

  18. A policewoman helps an injured woman covered in a blanket at the site of a rocket attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine

  19. A Ukrainian law enforcement officer inspects a crater next to a destroyed building following a missile attack in Kharkiv

  20. A local resident walks near a multi-storey residential building destroyed in the course of Russia-Ukraine conflict in Avdiivka (Avdeyevka), in the Donetsk region, a Russian-controlled area of Ukraine

  21. Pope Francis speaks from a balcony, on the day of the "Urbi et Orbi"

  22. US astronaut Don Pettit. Photo: September 2024

  23. A woman in yellow tshirt - Lina - is sitting for a photograph on a boat with the ocean in the background

  24. Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín wearing a navy suit, white shirt and pink tie walks out of a brown double-door. Behind him are two men. One wears a green knitted jumper with a white shirt underneath. The other has a black suit, white shirt and red tie.