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Pope Francis leads mass on Simon Bolivar square in the Colombian capital where thousands of Catholic people are gathered. IMAGES
Thousands of supporters of presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum cheer in celebration at Mexico City's emblematic Zocalo square after the National Electoral Institute (Instituto Nacional Electoral, INE) announced her win as Mexico's new president-elect. Ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum, a former mayor of Mexico City and a scientist by training, is Mexico's first female president-elect -- a milestone in a country plagued by rampant criminal and gender-based violence. IMAGES [COMPLETE WITH 34UR78B, 34UP3UX, 34UM9PF, 34UR62X, 34UP33H]
Pope Francis greets tens of thousands of people gathered in St Peter's Square to watch him give the Easter mass and the traditional blessing. The Easter holy week, which commemorates the death and the resurrection of Christ, is the high point of the Catholic calendar. IMAGES
Tens of thousands of people gather in Saint Peter's Square to hear Pope Francis give the Easter mass and the traditional blessing. The Easter holy week, which commemorates the death and the resurrection of Christ, is the high point of the Catholic calendar. IMAGES
Crowd of faithful is gathered to attend Pope Francis' ecumenical prayer in Juba, South Sudan, where the Pope is making an official visit, accompanied by the heads of the Churches of England and Scotland, representatives of the country's two other Christian denominations. From 2013 to 2018, South Sudan, which has a population of 12 million, 60% of whom are Christians, was in the grip of a bloody civil war that left 380,000 people dead. IMAGES