Photos of the Day: Holy Water and Willow Twigs

Cornwall, UK

The Man Engine, the largest mechanical puppet ever constructed in the UK, begins its “Resurrection Tour” at Geevor Tin Mine, near St Just. It will travel to industrial heritage sites around the UK
Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

Chita, Russia

Orthodox believers hold willow twigs during a liturgy at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Kazan on Orthodox Palm Sunday
Photograph: Yevgeny Yepanchintsev/Tass

Vatican City

Italian armed forces march in front of St Peter’s Basilica before the Easter Mass
Photograph: Max Rossi/Reuters