Some pre-during-post Easter photos

I found these memorable photos from one of the great 9 places that I usually crave for news pictures.

An aerial view of the destruction in the city of L'Aquila, central Italy, Monday, April 6, 2009. A powerful earthquake in mountainous central Italy knocked down whole blocks of buildings early Monday as residents slept - the country's deadliest quake in nearly three decades, officials said. (AP Photo/Guardia Forestale, HO)

An Italian military carabinieri walks on debris past destroyed buildings after an earthquake, in downtown Aquila April 6, 2009. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi)

Rescuers work to recover victims from inside a building overnight on April 8, 2009 in the Abruzzo capital L'Aquila. (FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)

Crushed cars are seen on a field in the Italian village of Onna April 7, 2009. (REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico)

An aerial view of Santa Maria Paganica church in L'Aquila, central Italy, on Tuesday, April 7, 2009, a day after a powerful earthquake struck the Abruzzo region. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Local people who were evacuated following a violent earthquake the day before wake up after spending the night in a shelter set up in a gymnasium of L'Aquila sport center university early on April 7, 2009.(MARIO LAPORTA/AFP/Getty Images)

Catholic clergy walk during the Holy Thursday procession of the Washing of the Feet inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, traditionally believed to be the burial site of Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem's Old City Thursday April 9, 2009. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

A view of Saint Peter's Square during the Palm Sunday Service on April 5, 2009 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Franco Origlia/Getty Images)

Filipino flagellants kneel in front of the church as they perform rites meant to atone for sins at San Fernando city, Pampanga province, northern Philippines on Maundy Thursday, April 9, 2009. Many Philippine devotees practice flagellation and penitence during the holy week in rites frowned upon by church leaders in Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic nation. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)

U.S. army soldiers sing hymns during Easter sunrise service in Camp Liberty, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 12, 2009. About 100 U.S. troops attended an Easter sunrise service on Sunday at the U.S. military base Camp Liberty just outside the Iraqi capital. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic)

Iraqi Christians pray during Easter Mass in a church in Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 12, 2009. Iraq's dwindling Christian community celebrated Easter services Sunday, taking advantage of the improved security in Baghdad and other parts of the country. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Pakistani Christian girls wait to receive communion during the Easter mass at a catholic church in Peshawar, Pakistan on Sunday, April 12, 2009. Pakistani Christians account for about 3.8 million of Pakistan's 140 million people. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

People from a choir group sing during a sunrise prayer by Dhaka Pastors Fellowship on Easter Sunday in Dhaka, Bangladesh on April 12, 2009. (REUTERS/Andrew Biraj)

Catholic worshippers hold candles during the Easter mass at a church in Xiaohan village of Tianjin municipality, China on April 11, 2009. (REUTERS/Vincent Du)

The procession of "San Gonzalo" brotherhood takes place during Holy Week in the Andalusian capital of Seville, southern Spain, April 6, 2009. (REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo)

Catholic pilgrims and clergymen hold candles as they walk in procession around the tomb traditionally believed to be the site of the crucifixion and burial of Jesus Christ, during the Easter mass in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in Jerusalem's Old City, Sunday, April 12, 2009. (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)

South Korean Christians pray during an annual Easter Mass in front of the Seoul City Hall, South Korea, Sunday morning, April 12, 2009. About 20,000 Christian devotees wished peace and early reunification of the divided Koreas. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)

Easter was still observed in earthquake-torn central Italy - members of the fraternal order of St. Maria of Loreto run across the square of Sulmona as they carry the statue of Madonna che Scappa, or The Madonna Who Runs in the Square, during a Easter Sunday ceremony in L'Aquila, Italy on April 12, 2009. (REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi)

Randy Fox, left, Pastor of Fellowship Baptist Church in Skid Row baptizes Sammy Butler during Easter Sunday services in the alley of Emmanuel Baptist Rescue Mission as the congregation cheer on Sunday April 12, 2009 in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/The Los Angeles Times, Lawrence K. Ho)

The Scituate Clergy Association organized an Easter service at the lighthouse at sunrise in Scituate, MA on Sunday, April 12, 2009. After the service, the sun shined down above the horizon. (Yoon S. Byun/Globe Staff)

A Catholic devotee has his hands nailed on the cross as part of reenacting Christ's suffering on the cross during a Passion play as part of a religious ritual during Easter celebrations in a village in San Fernando, Pampanga, north of Manila, on April 10, 2009. Devout Catholics stage passion plays and crucifixions recounting the sufferings of Christ as part of observance of Easter celebrations in South East Asian archipelago nation of some 90 million of which 85 percent are Catholics amidst sharp criticisms from the church. (JES AZNAR/AFP/Getty Images)

All photos obtained from (and therefore courtesy of) Boston.com - The Big Picture