Alfredo Estrella

In today’s pictures, a woman sunbathes in France, a Hornets cheerleader jumps high during a halftime show in Mexico, a displaced girl waits in Pakistan, and more.

Christians commemorated the resurrection of Jesus Christ on Sunday, a holiday that marks the end of Holy Week and the end of Lent. Observances around the world bring a diversity of traditions as varied as the countries celebrating. Eastern Orthodox Christians will observe Easter on April 15. Gathered here are images of Christians during Holy Week and Easter, including reenactments of the Crucifixion, pilgrimages, baptisms, sunrise services, and more. -- Lane Turner (37 photos total)
A girl wears an angel costume during Blood of Christ celebrations at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua on March 30, 2012. (Esteban Felix/Associated Press)

ALL SMILES: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British Prime Minister David Cameron laughed as U.S. Vice President Joe Biden jokingly mentioned that his Irish grandfather wasn’t a fan of the British as Mr. Cameron visited the State Department in Washington Wednesday. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)

ALBINO FAMILY: From left, sons Shankar, 24 years old, Ramkishan, 19 years old, mother Mani and father Rosetauri Pullan are set to enter the Guinness World Records for their albinism. The 10 members of the Indian family all have extremely pale skin and white hair. (Indian Photo Agency/Caters News/Zuma Press)

STADIUM SHOOTOUT: Saraperos de Saltillo baseball team players took cover during a shootout that broke out in a parking lot during a game in Saltillo, Mexico, Tuesday. According to a state police spokesman, three gunmen were killed and another was injured and captured. (Associated Press)

LEADER LOST: Ultra Orthodox Jewish people gathered around the body of Rabbi Moshe Yehoshua Hager, leader of the Hasidic sect Vizhnitz, at a synagogue during his funeral procession in Bnei Brak, Israel, Wednesday. The rabbi was 95 years old. (Oded Balilty/Associated Press)

SHINY MAN: A man painted silver enjoyed the ‘Los Pintados,’ the Painted Ones, carnival in San Nicolás de los Ranchos, Mexico, Tuesday. (Alfredo Estrella/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images)

TUNNEL TRAGEDY: A helicopter took off from the entrance of a tunnel near Sierre, Switzerland, early Wednesday. At least 22 schoolchildren were among 28 people from Belgium killed returning from a ski holiday when their bus hit a wall inside the tunnel Tuesday night, police said. (Denis Balibouse/Reuters)

RAPT: People watched ‘Kony 2012,’ a film created by U.S.-based group Invisible Children, in Lira district, north of Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday. The film aims to raise awareness about Joseph Kony, who is accused of leading jungle militias that turned children into child soldiers. (James Akena/Reuters)

UNDERWATER KISS: Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark, an experienced diver, greeted his wife, Princess Mary, through the glass of an aquarium at the North Sea Center in Hirtshals, Denmark, Thursday. (Zuma Press)

POP STAR: Singer Kesha performed at the National Auditorium in Mexico City Thursday. (Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images)

NIGERIA BOMBING: An injured man was carried from a United Nations office in Abuja, Nigeria, after a bomb hit the building, killing at least a dozen people. Security experts say the attack signals the shift of a homegrown extremist group now gunning for foreign targets. (Associated Press)

JUDO LOSS: France’s Lucie Louette, on ground, lost against Cuba’s Yalennis Castillo during their qualifier match in the 78-kilogram category at the Judo World Championships Friday in Paris. (Zuma Press)

ABANDONED BODIES: Decomposing bodies were piled up at an abandoned hospital in Tripoli, Libya, Friday, some of them darker skinned than most Libyans. It was not clear who had killed the men, but since the uprising began the rebels often suspect sub-Saharan Africans of being mercenaries. (Francois Mori/Associated Press)

CASINO ATTACK: Emergency workers responded at a burning casino after an attack in Monterrey, Mexico, Thursday. Members of a presumed drug gang set fire to the casino and killed 52 people, most of them women. Some 500 Mexican soldiers fanned out across the city Friday to hunt for the perpetrators. (Victor Hugo Valdivia/Reuters)

Their homelands are torn by war, economic distress, political strife, or environmental collapse. They choose to leave, or have no choice. They're called migrants, refugees, or internally displaced people. The labels are inadequate as often circumstances could allow all three descriptions, or some combination of them. Once in their new countries, they face difficult transitions, discrimination, or outright hostility. Host countries are burdened with the economic and political repercussions of the arrivals, while home nations are sometimes saddled with a "brain drain" of their most important human resources. Immigration is a hot-button issue in the American presidential race, and a wave of new arrivals from Libya to Italy has left the European Union struggling with decisions over the Schengen policy of borderless travel between member nations. Gathered here are images of some of the estimated 214 million people worldwide in the process of redefining what "home" means to them. -- Lane Turner (47 photos total)
Rescuers help people in the sea after a boat carrying some 250 migrants crashed into rocks as they tried to enter the port of Pantelleria, an island off the southern coast of Italy, on April 13. Italy is struggling to cope with a mass influx of immigrants from north Africa, many of whom risk their lives by sailing across the often stormy Meditteranean in makeshift vessels. (Francesco Malavolta/AFP/Getty Images)