Members of the "Real Hermandad del Santisimo Cristo de las Injurias" brotherhood hold candles outside the cathedral while taking a vow of silence prior to the Holy Wednesday Silence Procession in Zamora, northwestern Spain, on April 1, 2026. Spain's colourful Holy Week celebrations started this week, featuring centuries-old processions of the faithful carrying flower-covered floats topped with statues of Christ or the Virgin Mary that draw huge crowds. Organised by various religious brotherhoods, or "confradias", the parades are held across the country in the week leading up to Easter Sunday, which this year in the Roman Catholic Church falls on April 5, 2026. (Photo by CESAR MANSO / AFP)
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