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The Moscow underground station in Russia is decorated with huge Easter eggs, April, 15. Photo: EPA-EFE
An exhibition of giant Easter eggs in Koprivnica, Croatia, April 4. Photo: Xinhua
Giant Easter eggs on display in Covent Garden, ahead of the start of The Big Egg Hunt 2025 in London, March 21. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images
Primary school pupils of Germany’s Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority look through a curtain at a Sorbian Easter market in Schleife, Germany, April 6. Photo: AP
An inflatable Easter bunny is seen before the Easter holiday in Werder, Brandenburg, eastern Germany, on April 10. Photo: AFP
The Strohhaus Neuzelle in Germany, home to the Museum of Rural Everyday Culture, has hosted an annual Easter egg exhibition for 25 years. Photo: dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
In this year’s Easter egg exhibition at the Strohhaus Neuzelle, chicken eggs with the wax-bossing technique by artist Jens Keller are on display. Photo: dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
Easter eggs are seen at an Easter market in Prague, the Czech Republic, April 5. Photo: Xinhua
A decorated egg is displayed during the Big Egg Hunt 2025 in London, Britain, April 4. Photo: Xinhua
A person walks by a giant Easter egg at the Gay-Odin chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, April 2. Photo: Reuters
Janine Massnick, a woman of Germany’s Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority, shows a traditional decorated Easter egg at a Easter market in Schleife, Germany, April 6. Photo: AP
Employees work near a giant Easter egg depicting Diego Maradona, Pino Daniele and Eduardo De Filippo, at the Gay-Odin chocolate factory. Photo: Reuters
People walk past a huge Easter egg installation in central Moscow, Russia, April 15. Photo: EPA-EFE
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The Moscow underground station in Russia is decorated with huge Easter eggs, April, 15. Photo:...The Moscow underground station in Russia is decorated with huge Easter eggs, April, 15. Photo: EPA-EFE
April 17, 2025
Today in Photos

A look at giant Easter eggs and celebrations around the world

From Britain to Italy and Russia, here’s a look at this year’s Easter eggs and celebrations around...

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The Moscow underground station in Russia is decorated with huge Easter eggs, April, 15. Photo: EPA-EFE
An exhibition of giant Easter eggs in Koprivnica, Croatia, April 4. Photo: Xinhua
Giant Easter eggs on display in Covent Garden, ahead of the start of The Big Egg Hunt 2025 in London, March 21. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images
Primary school pupils of Germany’s Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority look through a curtain at a Sorbian Easter market in Schleife, Germany, April 6. Photo: AP
An inflatable Easter bunny is seen before the Easter holiday in Werder, Brandenburg, eastern Germany, on April 10. Photo: AFP
The Strohhaus Neuzelle in Germany, home to the Museum of Rural Everyday Culture, has hosted an annual Easter egg exhibition for 25 years. Photo: dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
In this year’s Easter egg exhibition at the Strohhaus Neuzelle, chicken eggs with the wax-bossing technique by artist Jens Keller are on display. Photo: dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
Easter eggs are seen at an Easter market in Prague, the Czech Republic, April 5. Photo: Xinhua
A decorated egg is displayed during the Big Egg Hunt 2025 in London, Britain, April 4. Photo: Xinhua
A person walks by a giant Easter egg at the Gay-Odin chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, April 2. Photo: Reuters
Janine Massnick, a woman of Germany’s Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority, shows a traditional decorated Easter egg at a Easter market in Schleife, Germany, April 6. Photo: AP
Employees work near a giant Easter egg depicting Diego Maradona, Pino Daniele and Eduardo De Filippo, at the Gay-Odin chocolate factory. Photo: Reuters
People walk past a huge Easter egg installation in central Moscow, Russia, April 15. Photo: EPA-EFE
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The Moscow underground station in Russia is decorated with huge Easter eggs, April, 15. Photo: EPA-EFE
An exhibition of giant Easter eggs in Koprivnica, Croatia, April 4. Photo: Xinhua
Giant Easter eggs on display in Covent Garden, ahead of the start of The Big Egg Hunt 2025 in London, March 21. Photo: Future Publishing via Getty Images
Primary school pupils of Germany’s Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority look through a curtain at a Sorbian Easter market in Schleife, Germany, April 6. Photo: AP
An inflatable Easter bunny is seen before the Easter holiday in Werder, Brandenburg, eastern Germany, on April 10. Photo: AFP
The Strohhaus Neuzelle in Germany, home to the Museum of Rural Everyday Culture, has hosted an annual Easter egg exhibition for 25 years. Photo: dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
In this year’s Easter egg exhibition at the Strohhaus Neuzelle, chicken eggs with the wax-bossing technique by artist Jens Keller are on display. Photo: dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images
Easter eggs are seen at an Easter market in Prague, the Czech Republic, April 5. Photo: Xinhua
A decorated egg is displayed during the Big Egg Hunt 2025 in London, Britain, April 4. Photo: Xinhua
A person walks by a giant Easter egg at the Gay-Odin chocolate factory in Naples, Italy, April 2. Photo: Reuters
Janine Massnick, a woman of Germany’s Slavic-speaking Sorbian ethnic minority, shows a traditional decorated Easter egg at a Easter market in Schleife, Germany, April 6. Photo: AP
Employees work near a giant Easter egg depicting Diego Maradona, Pino Daniele and Eduardo De Filippo, at the Gay-Odin chocolate factory. Photo: Reuters
People walk past a huge Easter egg installation in central Moscow, Russia, April 15. Photo: EPA-EFE
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