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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti presides over a mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on Holy Thursday to commemorate Christ¥s Last Supper before his crucifixion, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A Christian Orthodox worshipper attends the Easter Sunday Resurrection liturgy, marking the end of the Holy Week at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Christians attend an Easter Mass at the Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is whipped by a fellow devotee playing the role of a Roman soldier, during a Way of the Cross reenactment, as part of Holy Week celebrations in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A child kisses a holy book after the Good Friday religious service at the Armenian Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Residents from the Mendrisio region carry illuminated lanterns with the story of Christ's Passion through the old town center of Mendrisio during the Good Friday Procession in Mendrisio, Switzerland, Friday, April 18, 2025. (Pablo Gianinazzi/Keystone via AP)
Devotees carry a religious float with a statue of the Virgin of Solitude, in background, right center, commemorating the death of Jesus Christ at Calvary, during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Devotees burn incense for the Virgin of Solitude during a procession in commemoration of the mourning for the death of her son, Jesus Christ at Calvary, in Antigua, Guatemala, on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A performer looks out from the stage as they reenact the passion and suffering of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Penitents wash their bloodied backs after flagellating themselves on Good Friday in Kalayaan town, Laguna province, Philippines, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Cristopher Martinez plays the role of Jesus during the reenactment of his crucifixion on Good Friday during Holy Week at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Altar boys and girls walk in a procession through an alley beside Saint Teresa's home, marking Good Friday, in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Members of the Danza Señor San Jose dance group perform behind El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico during Holy Week on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. Chimayo, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)
Penitents knows as "cucuruchos" carry a statue of Jesus Christ bearing a cross, during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. The "Volcan de Agua," or Water Volcano, stands behind. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Christian woman takes a selfie as she attends a prayer services at St. Anthony Church, marking Good Friday, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A Catholic nun attends a Good Friday ceremony reenacting the funeral of Jesus Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Actors playing the role of Roman soldiers reenact the crucifixion of Jesus with a Way of The Cross procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in Atyra, Paraguay, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Worshippers hold a cross during a Way of the Cross procession in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A Greek Orthodox priest holds a statue of Christ during a Good Friday reenactment of the Deposition of Jesus Christ at Agios Antonios church in the northern suburb of Chalandri during Holy Week in Athens, Greece, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in a Way of the Cross procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A person holding a statue of the Virgin Mary walks in a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Christian pilgrims carry crosses during Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Nazarenes carry incense burners during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A performer looks out from the stage as they reenact the passion and suffering of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Cardinals attend the Chrism Mass presided over by Delegate of the Holy Father Cardinal Domenico Calcagno inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A penitent carries a lit candle and bundle of thorny branches during a Holy Week procession in Taxco, Mexico, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Penitents perform final prayers in front of a chapel during the Procession of Souls during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Catholic worshippers hold candles as they take part in a procession following a path believed to be taken when Jesus was arrested and brought to trial, during the Holy Week, outside the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Penitents take part in the Procession of Souls during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A gaucho, or South American cowboy, rides a horse during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Divers Rayane Bastos, left, and Amanda Souza, prepare to swim inside a tank at the AquaRio Marine Aquarium with a sign that reads in Portuguese, "Happy Easter at AquaRio" and large Easter eggs, as part of Easter celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A performer acting as Jesus Christ stays on the wooden cross as they reenact his passion and sufferings as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Performers dressed as Roman soldiers push a man playing as Barabbas as they reenact the passion and sufferings of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A performer looks from the stage as they reenact the passion and sufferings of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Pope Francis leaves in a car at the end of his visit on Holy Thursday to the Regina Coeli penitentiary in Rome, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Eggs dyed red are polished in the kitchen at Bachkovo Monastery during preparations for Easter in Bachkovo, Bulgaria, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
An Orthodox chanter sings at Bachkovo Monastery during Holy Thursday liturgy and preparations for Easter in Bachkovo, Bulgaria, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
Catholics attend a Holy Week procession in Panama City's Casco Viejo, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Catholics attend a Holy Week procession in Panama City's Casco Viejo, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Children carry an image of Jesus Christ at a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Moises Castillo)
Faithful carry a float with a statue of Jesus Christ, in front of a poster of late former President Hugo Chavez, during the Nazarene of Saint Paul Holy Week procession in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
People attend Mass celebrating the Nazarene of Saint Paul icon during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Nazarenes carry floats during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Musicians perform at a Holy Week procession in Panama City's Casco Viejo, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Youths dressed as penitents take part in a children's torch procession during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Nazarenes participate in a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Nazarenes carry a float during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A woman carries a child dressed as a Roman soldier during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Moises Castillo)
Children carry an image of Jesus Christ at a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Moises Castillo)
Youths dressed as penitents take part in a children's torch procession during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Nazarenes carry incense burners during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood walk in procession across the so-called Triana bridge during Holy Week in Seville, Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
"Costaleros", who carry over their back the portable dais platform which supports a statue of Jesus Christ, prepare before taking part in a procession in Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Worshipers react while looking at the Christ of the 'Santa Genoveva' brotherhood as they process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Worshipers react while looking at the christ of the 'Santa Genoveva' brotherhood as they process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A boy imitates a horse-riding gaucho, or South American cowboy, during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Juan Pedro Gutierrez, a folksy singer and guitar player called a payador, poses for a photo during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
A gaucho, or South American cowboy, rides a horse during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshipper prays during the Holy Week, at the Ethiopian monks' quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A relative of a prisoner wipes away tears with a Venezuelan flag during a performance of the Way of the Cross, calling for the freedom of political prisoners, during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A woman holds a cross calling for freedom for political prisoners during a performance of the Way of the Cross during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers pray during the Holy Week, at the Ethiopian monks' quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers pray during the Holy Week, at the Ethiopian monks' quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Worshipers throw flower petals at the figure of the Virgin Mary being carried through the streets of Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Worshipers react in tears while looking at the Christ of 'El Cerro' brotherhood as they process through the streets of Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
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Cardinal Mauro Gambetti presides over a mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at The Vatican on Holy Thursday to commemorate Christ¥s Last Supper before his crucifixion, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
A Christian Orthodox worshipper attends the Easter Sunday Resurrection liturgy, marking the end of the Holy Week at the Patriarchal Church of St. George in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Christians attend an Easter Mass at the Cathedral Church of the Resurrection, in Lahore, Pakistan, Sunday, April 20, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A penitent depicting the role of Jesus Christ is whipped by a fellow devotee playing the role of a Roman soldier, during a Way of the Cross reenactment, as part of Holy Week celebrations in the Petare neighborhood of Caracas, Venezuela, on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A child kisses a holy book after the Good Friday religious service at the Armenian Cathedral in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)
Residents from the Mendrisio region carry illuminated lanterns with the story of Christ's Passion through the old town center of Mendrisio during the Good Friday Procession in Mendrisio, Switzerland, Friday, April 18, 2025. (Pablo Gianinazzi/Keystone via AP)
Devotees carry a religious float with a statue of the Virgin of Solitude, in background, right center, commemorating the death of Jesus Christ at Calvary, during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Devotees burn incense for the Virgin of Solitude during a procession in commemoration of the mourning for the death of her son, Jesus Christ at Calvary, in Antigua, Guatemala, on Holy Saturday, April 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A performer looks out from the stage as they reenact the passion and suffering of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Penitents wash their bloodied backs after flagellating themselves on Good Friday in Kalayaan town, Laguna province, Philippines, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Cristopher Martinez plays the role of Jesus during the reenactment of his crucifixion on Good Friday during Holy Week at the Zocalo, Mexico City's main square, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)
Altar boys and girls walk in a procession through an alley beside Saint Teresa's home, marking Good Friday, in Kolkata, India, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Members of the Danza Señor San Jose dance group perform behind El Santuario De Chimayo in Northern New Mexico during Holy Week on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. Chimayo, N.M. (AP Photo/Roberto E. Rosales)
Penitents knows as "cucuruchos" carry a statue of Jesus Christ bearing a cross, during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala on Good Friday, April 18, 2025. The "Volcan de Agua," or Water Volcano, stands behind. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
A Christian woman takes a selfie as she attends a prayer services at St. Anthony Church, marking Good Friday, in Lahore, Pakistan, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
A Catholic nun attends a Good Friday ceremony reenacting the funeral of Jesus Christ at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Actors playing the role of Roman soldiers reenact the crucifixion of Jesus with a Way of The Cross procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in Atyra, Paraguay, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
Worshippers hold a cross during a Way of the Cross procession in downtown Warsaw, Poland, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A Greek Orthodox priest holds a statue of Christ during a Good Friday reenactment of the Deposition of Jesus Christ at Agios Antonios church in the northern suburb of Chalandri during Holy Week in Athens, Greece, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)
Christians reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in a Way of the Cross procession on Good Friday during Holy Week in the informal settlement of Kibera in Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga)
A person holding a statue of the Virgin Mary walks in a Good Friday procession during Holy Week in La Paz, Bolivia, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita)
Christian pilgrims carry crosses during Good Friday procession in the Old City of Jerusalem on Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Nazarenes carry incense burners during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A performer looks out from the stage as they reenact the passion and suffering of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday, April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Cardinals attend the Chrism Mass presided over by Delegate of the Holy Father Cardinal Domenico Calcagno inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, April 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
A penitent carries a lit candle and bundle of thorny branches during a Holy Week procession in Taxco, Mexico, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)
Penitents perform final prayers in front of a chapel during the Procession of Souls during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Catholic worshippers hold candles as they take part in a procession following a path believed to be taken when Jesus was arrested and brought to trial, during the Holy Week, outside the Old City of Jerusalem, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers visit the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in the Old City of Jerusalem on Holy Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Penitents take part in the Procession of Souls during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
A gaucho, or South American cowboy, rides a horse during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Divers Rayane Bastos, left, and Amanda Souza, prepare to swim inside a tank at the AquaRio Marine Aquarium with a sign that reads in Portuguese, "Happy Easter at AquaRio" and large Easter eggs, as part of Easter celebrations in Rio de Janeiro, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A performer acting as Jesus Christ stays on the wooden cross as they reenact his passion and sufferings as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Performers dressed as Roman soldiers push a man playing as Barabbas as they reenact the passion and sufferings of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A performer looks from the stage as they reenact the passion and sufferings of Jesus Christ as part of their lenten practice to mark Maundy Thursday April 17, 2025 in Paete town, Laguna province, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Pope Francis leaves in a car at the end of his visit on Holy Thursday to the Regina Coeli penitentiary in Rome, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Eggs dyed red are polished in the kitchen at Bachkovo Monastery during preparations for Easter in Bachkovo, Bulgaria, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
An Orthodox chanter sings at Bachkovo Monastery during Holy Thursday liturgy and preparations for Easter in Bachkovo, Bulgaria, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Valentina Petrova)
Catholics attend a Holy Week procession in Panama City's Casco Viejo, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Catholics attend a Holy Week procession in Panama City's Casco Viejo, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Children carry an image of Jesus Christ at a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Moises Castillo)
Faithful carry a float with a statue of Jesus Christ, in front of a poster of late former President Hugo Chavez, during the Nazarene of Saint Paul Holy Week procession in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
People attend Mass celebrating the Nazarene of Saint Paul icon during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Nazarenes carry floats during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Musicians perform at a Holy Week procession in Panama City's Casco Viejo, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)
Youths dressed as penitents take part in a children's torch procession during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Nazarenes participate in a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Nazarenes carry a float during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
A woman carries a child dressed as a Roman soldier during a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Moises Castillo)
Children carry an image of Jesus Christ at a Holy Week procession in Antigua, Guatemala, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (Moises Castillo)
Youths dressed as penitents take part in a children's torch procession during Holy Week in Goias, Brazil, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
Nazarenes carry incense burners during a Holy Week procession in Tunja, Colombia, Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood walk in procession across the so-called Triana bridge during Holy Week in Seville, Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
"Costaleros", who carry over their back the portable dais platform which supports a statue of Jesus Christ, prepare before taking part in a procession in Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Worshipers react while looking at the Christ of the 'Santa Genoveva' brotherhood as they process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Worshipers react while looking at the christ of the 'Santa Genoveva' brotherhood as they process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A boy imitates a horse-riding gaucho, or South American cowboy, during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Juan Pedro Gutierrez, a folksy singer and guitar player called a payador, poses for a photo during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
A gaucho, or South American cowboy, rides a horse during the Criolla Week rodeo festival in Montevideo, Uruguay, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshipper prays during the Holy Week, at the Ethiopian monks' quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
A relative of a prisoner wipes away tears with a Venezuelan flag during a performance of the Way of the Cross, calling for the freedom of political prisoners, during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A woman holds a cross calling for freedom for political prisoners during a performance of the Way of the Cross during Holy Week in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Penitents of 'San Gonzalo' brotherhood process through the streets of Seville during Holy Week in Spain, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers pray during the Holy Week, at the Ethiopian monks' quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Ethiopian Orthodox Christian worshippers pray during the Holy Week, at the Ethiopian monks' quarters on the rooftop of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the place where Christians believe Jesus Christ was crucified, buried and resurrected, in Jerusalem, Monday, April 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Worshipers throw flower petals at the figure of the Virgin Mary being carried through the streets of Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Worshipers react in tears while looking at the Christ of 'El Cerro' brotherhood as they process through the streets of Seville, during Holy Week in Spain, Tuesday, April 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
ATTARI, India (AP) — Pakistan said Wednesday it had “credible intelligence” that India is planning to attack it within days, as Pakistani nationals headed for the border to comply with New Delhi's orders to almost all Pakistani citizens to leave the country following last week’s deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
An attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir and India’s moves to punish Pakistan — which denies any connection to the massacre — have driven tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to their highest point since 2019, when the two sides came close to war after a suicide car bombing in Kashmir.
Early Wednesday, Pakistan said it had “credible intelligence” that India intends to carry out military action against it in the “next 24-36 hours on the pretext of baseless and concocted allegations of involvement in the Pahalgam incident.”
There was no immediate comment from Indian officials. Indian government officials said Prime Minister Narendra Modi has “given complete operational freedom to the armed forces to decide on the mode, targets and timing of India’s response to the Pahalgam massacre,” speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive deliberations.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in separate phone calls with India and Pakistan, stressed the need to “avoid a confrontation that could result in tragic consequences.” The U.S. State Department also called for de-escalation and said that Secretary of State Marco Rubio would be speaking soon to the Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers.
The deadline for Pakistani citizens to leave India — with exceptions for those who are on medical visas in India — passed on Sunday, but many families were still scrambling to the border crossing in Attari town in northern Punjab state to cross into Pakistan.
Some were arriving on their own and others were being deported by police.
“We have settled our families here. We request the government not to uproot our families,” said Sara Khan, a Pakistani national who was ordered back to Pakistan without her husband, Aurangzeb Khan, who holds an Indian passport.
Waiting on the Indian side of the border crossing, Khan carried her 14-day-old child in her arms. She said Indian authorities did not give her any time to recuperate from a caesarean section and that her long-term visa was valid until July 2026.
“They (authorities) told me you are illegal and you should go,” said Khan, who has been living in Indian-controlled Kashmir since 2017. “They gave us no time. I could not even change my shoes.”
Tensions between rivals India and Pakistan have escalated after gunmen killed 26 people, most of them Indian tourists, near the resort town of Pahalgam in disputed Kashmir.
The massacre set off tit-for-tat diplomatic measures between India and Pakistan that included cancellation of visas and a recall of diplomats. New Delhi also suspended a crucial water-sharing treaty with Islamabad and ordered its border shut with Pakistan. In response, Pakistan has closed its airspace to Indian airlines.
Cross-border exchanges of gunfire between Indian and Pakistani soldiers have also increased along the Line of Control, the de facto frontier that separates Kashmiri territory between the two rivals.
India has blamed Pakistan for backing the massacre. Pakistan has denied any connection to the attack, which was claimed by a previously unknown militant group calling itself the Kashmir Resistance.
At least three tourists who survived the massacre told The Associated Press that the gunmen singled out Hindu men and shot them from close range. The dead included a Nepalese citizen and a local Muslim pony ride operator.
Aishanya Dwivedi, whose husband was killed in the massacre, said a gunman approached the couple and challenged him to recite the Islamic declaration of faith. Her husband replied that he was Hindu, and the attacker shot him “point blank in the head,” she said.
“He was on my lap. I was soaked in his blood,” Dwivedi told AP over the phone from her home in the Indian city of Kanpur.
Kashmir is split between India and Pakistan and claimed by both in its entirety. New Delhi describes all militancy in Indian-controlled Kashmir as Pakistan-backed terrorism. Pakistan denies this, and many Muslim Kashmiris consider the militants to be part of a home-grown freedom struggle.
Meanwhile, India’s cabinet committee on security, headed by Modi, met on Wednesday. It was their second such meeting since the attack.
Saaliq reported from New Delhi. Associated Press writer Munir Ahmed in Islamabad and Rajesh Roy in New Delhi contributed to this report.
A Pakistan national bids goodbye to her Indian relatives as she leaves in a bus at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, following New Delhi’s decision to order almost all Pakistani citizens to leave the country after last week’s deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
Buses carrying Pakistan nationals from India wait to cross over at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, following New Delhi’s decision to order almost all Pakistani citizens to leave the country after last week’s deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
Ahmed Sheikh, an Indian citizen breaks down at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, near Amritsar, India, after his Pakistani wife leaves, following New Delhi’s decision to order almost all Pakistani citizens to leave the country after last week’s deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
An Indian relative gives thumbs up to a Pakistani family as they leave in a bus at the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, near Amritsar, India, following New Delhi’s decision to order almost all Pakistani citizens to leave the country after last week’s deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
Pakistani national Sara Khan, left, married to Indian citizen Aurangzeb Khan, right, holding their children prepares to leave for Pakistan without her husband from the Attari-Wagah border between India and Pakistan, following New Delhi’s decision to order almost all Pakistani citizens to leave the country after last week’s deadly attack in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)
Indian policeman left, questions a driver of vehicle before checking his vehicle at a temporary checkpoint in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
A policeman, checks an auto rickshaw as paramilitary soldiers stand guard at a temporary checkpoint in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
An Indian paramilitary soldier stands guard at a temporary checkpoint in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard at a temporary checkpoint in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
A policeman, center, checks a vehicle as paramilitary soldiers stand guard at a temporary checkpoint in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
A policeman, left, checks a vehicle as paramilitary soldiers stand guard at a temporary checkpoint in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)