Photos of the Week

Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s gallery includes the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries in New York, convictions in an Argentine clergy abuse case, and more.

(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s gallery includes the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries in New York, convictions in an Argentine clergy abuse case, and more.

Hasidic leaders gather for an annual group photo of about 5,800 rabbis outside of the Chabad-Yubavitch Worldwide headquarters as a part of the International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries in New York on Nov. 24, 2019. The conference includes seminars, a class photo of those in attendance and an evening dinner. (AP Photo/Emily Leshner)


Hasidic leaders read personal notes and prayers at the resting place of the late Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, known as the Lubavitcher Rebbe, while attending the annual International Conference of Chabad-Lubavitch Emissaries at Montefiore Cemetery in New York, on Nov. 22, 2019. The annual conference included seminars, a class photo of about 5,800 rabbis in attendance and an evening dinner. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Exile Tibetan Buddhist monks stand next to a ceremonial fire as they wait to welcome their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on the last day of a three-day religious conference in Dharmsala, India, Friday, Nov. 29, 2019. Representatives of Tibetan Buddhist schools and the ancient Bon religion attended the conference. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)

Victims of abuse at the Antonio Provolo Institute for Deaf and Hearing Impaired Children embrace after hearing a guilty verdict for their abusers, in Mendoza, Argentina, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019. Two priests were each sentenced to more than 40 years in prison. (AP Photo/Marcelo Ruiz Mendoza)

The Rev. Nicola Corradi, in wheelchair, Armando Gomez and the Rev. Horacio Corbacho are escorted out of a courtroom after being found guilty of sexual abuse of deaf children at a Catholic-run school, in Mendoza, Argentina, Monday, Nov. 26, 2019. The court sentenced Corradi to 42 years in prison, and Corbacho to 45 years for acts that occurred at the institute in Lujan de Cuyo, a municipality in the northwestern province of Mendoza. The court also sentenced gardener Armando Gómez to 18 years in prison. (AP Photo/Marcelo Ruiz Mendoza)

People read the Quran , in Karachi, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019 at a gathering to condemn the desecration of the Quran in the Norwegian city of Kristiansand. Pakistan’s foreign ministry said that it had summoned Norway’s ambassador to convey the deep concern of the government and Pakistani people over the recent burning of the Quran by a Norwegian man that was caught on video. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Locals , in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Nov. 25, 2019 condemn the desecration of the Quran in the Norwegian city of Kristiansand. Pakistan’s foreign ministry said Saturday it had summoned Norway’s ambassador to convey the deep concern of the government and Pakistani people over the recent burning of the Quran by a Norwegian man that was caught on video. (AP Photo/K.M.Chaudary)

People light candles to commemorate the victims of the Holocaust as they mark the 75th anniversary of the setting up of the Jewish ghetto during WWII in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019. (Marton Monus/MTI via AP)


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