Ash Wednesday 2013: Lent Begins Around The World (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS: Ash Wednesday Observed Around The World

Christians around the world observe Ash Wednesday today marking the first day of Lent, a period of fasting, prayer and repentance based on the 40 days Jesus spent fasting in the desert. Lent ends with the Celebration of Easter.

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