Every year on Good Friday in Ecuador’s capital, Quito, over a quarter of a million fill the streets to witness the religious spectacle that is Semana Santa.

Cloaked and hooded Christian worshippers begin parade
Police stand watch over South American religious procession
Barefooted devotee walks cobbled streets
Iconic vision of Jesus on the cross
Self-flagellation with cactus spikes in Quito
Procession of virgins at Ecuadorian religious festival
Jesus Christ on a cross
Man mourns dead child with doll
Widower stares from under veil
KKK looking men in group
Young priests struggle with religious icon
Bystander films Jesus Chris with phone