Boy Scouts carry a float with a girl dressed as Disney character Snow White during a Palm Sunday procession at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Cross in the Qasaa district of the Syrian capital Damascus. AFP

Scouts beat drums as they participate in a Palm Sunday procession in the Dwelaa area of ​​Damascus. AFP

Boy and girl scouts parade with palm leaves during the procession to Dwelaa. AFP

Worshipers attend a Palm Sunday service at the Syriac Orthodox Church of Umm Al Noor in Erbil, in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq. AFP

A choir sings during the religious service in Erbil. AFP

A child watches people attend a Palm Sunday mass in Cairo, Egypt. The number of worshipers was limited due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Reuters

A young Coptic Orthodox Christian wears a hat made from knitted palm leaves as worshipers circle the Edicule at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem, the place where Jesus Christ is believed to have been buried. AFP

An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian woman uses her phone, which carries the image of the Virgin Mary with Jesus, to film the debates during the Palm Sunday celebrations in front of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. AFP

An Ethiopian Orthodox Christian carries a knitted palm leaf in the shape of a cross outside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. AFP

Christian pilgrims touch the Anointing Stone and pray during the Palm Sunday procession at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Around 300 million Orthodox Christians around the world celebrate Holy Week. EPA

Greek Orthodox clergymen attend the procession in Jerusalem. Palm Sunday, when many churches symbolically mark the biblical account of Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem. EPA

Worshipers sit apart at a Palm Sunday mass in Cairo, Egypt. Reuters

A devotee attends Palm Sunday celebrations at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank. AFP

Christians gather to mark Palm Sunday at the Church of the Nativity in the occupied West Bank. AFP