Filipinos Celebrate Good Friday

PAOMBONG, PHILIPPINES - APRIL 18: Filipinos prepare the nails to be used to crucify a penitent to a cross during Good Friday crucifixions in the village of Kapitangan on April 18, 2025 in Paombong, Bulacan province, Philippines. Holy Week is a Christian observance that commemorates the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, typically observed during the week leading up to Easter Sunday. As Asia's most Catholic nation, the Philippines observes Holy Week as a significant religious holiday marked by various customs and traditions. On Good Friday, some penitents take their devotion to the extreme by voluntarily being nailed to a cross as a form of penance—a practice strongly discouraged by the Catholic Church. (Photo by Ezra Acayan/Getty Images)