Photos of the Week: Krishna and Teresa birthdays; Arbaeen

By Kit Doyle · August 30, 2024
 (RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes birthdays of Lord Krishna and Saint Teresa, Arbaeen pilgrims and more. Revelers pay respect before forming human pyramids while celebrating Janmashtami, a festival that marks the birth of the Hindu Lord Krishna, in Mumbai, India, Aug. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Revelers form human pyramids to reach an overhanging earthen pot while celebrating Janmashtami, the Hindu festival marking the birth of Hindu god Krishna, in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool) Hindu devotees carry oil lamps on their hands, heads, and shoulders during a parade celebrating the birthday of Lord Krishna on Krishna Janmashtami in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) Archbishop of Kolkata, Thomas D'Souza, right, prays after lighting a candle on the tomb of Saint Teresa to mark her birth anniversary, in Kolkata, India, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Bikas Das) The moon sets behind the cross atop St. Peter's dome prior to the start of Pope Francis' Angelus noon prayer, at the Vatican, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Shiite pilgrims mark the holiday of Arbaeen on Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024, in Karbala, Iraq. The holiday marks the end of the 40-day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) Muslim women pray at the shrine of Shiite Saint Abdulazim during Arbaeen, which ends the 40-day mourning period marking the killing of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in Karbala in present-day Iraq, in A.D. 680, in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. This year's Arbaeen was shrouded with sadness over the war in Gaza, now in its 11th month, and worries it may expand into a regional conflict with tensions spiking between Israel and Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi) Shiite pilgrims mark the holiday of Arbaeen on Saturday, Aug. 24, 2024, in Karbala, Iraq. The holiday marks the end of the 40-day mourning period after the anniversary of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, in the 7th century. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil) Surf Church's pastor, the Rev. Samuel Cianelli, walks into the Atlantic Ocean to surf with his congregation in Matosinhos beach in the suburbs of Porto, Portugal on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao) Marielle Louw, raised hands, and Andries Louw, center, missionaries from South Africa, pray at a worship service of Surf Church in Matosinhos beach in the suburbs of Porto, Portugal on Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao) Archival Photos The Rev. Antonio Shin, a Catholic priest, is carried away by riot police as some 1,500 to 2,000 Catholics clashed with police in Seoul, South Korea, in a 1974 demonstration demanding the release of Bishop Daniel Tji Hak Soun and other political prisoners. It was the first street protest since demonstrations were banned last August by the government of President Park Chung Hee. The Park regime was increasingly branded as "repressive" by South Korea's Christian minority. Bishop Tji of Won Ju was one of more than a dozen clergymen arrested and sentenced to long prison terms on allegations of trying to overthrow President Park. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) A missionary nun trains a Malian woman in the use of a loom at a church-operated training school in Bamako, Mali, on Aug. 14, 1973. As in other mission fields, much effort goes towards occupational training. (RNS archive photo by Ciric. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
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