In Photos: Marking Easter Sunday

Ouchy

Lausanne The Easter Mosaic is a local tradition – this is the 20th and is made of 39,780 dyed eggs in a pattern based on a drawing by the Swiss comics artist Bernard Cosendai, aka Cosey.
Photograph: Laurent Gillieron/EPA

Mezokovesd

A folk artist shows decorated Easter eggs in Matyo, east of Budapest.
Photograph: Zsolt Czegledi/EPA

Mezokovesd

According to an old Hungarian tradition, young men pour water on young women, who give them beautifully coloured eggs in exchange.
Photograph: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters