Photos of the Week: Uvalde shooting; Dalai Lama

By Kit Doyle · May 27, 2022
 (RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes reactions to the shooting at a Texas school, the Dalai Lama returning to public and more. People gather at a memorial site to pay their respects for the victims killed in this week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Thursday, May 26, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) The archbishop of San Antonio, Gustavo García-Siller, comforts families outside the Staff Sergeant Willie de Leon Civic Center after a deadly school shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, May 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) Diego Esquivel, left, and Linda Klaasson comfort each other May 25, 2022, as they gather to honor the victims killed in Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Esmeralda Bravo, center, holds a photo of her granddaughter, Nevaeh Bravo, one of the Robb Elementary School shooting victims, as she is comforted by Nevaeh's cousin, Anayeli, during a prayer vigil in Uvalde, Texas, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Vincent Salazar, right, father of Layla Salazar, weeps while kneeling in front of a cross with his daughter's name at a memorial site for the victims killed in this week's elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Friday, May 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) Joseph Avila, left, prays May 25, 2022, while holding flowers honoring the victims killed in Tuesday's shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) A woman kneels as she pays her respects in front of crosses with the names of children killed outside of the Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas Thursday, May 26, 2022. Law enforcement authorities faced questions and criticism Thursday over how much time elapsed before they stormed the Texas elementary school classroom and put a stop to the rampage by a gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills) Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama gestures during a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Monks of the Sakya lineage of the Tibetan Buddhism prayed for the long life of the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) A Tibetan artist waits to welcome the Dalai Lama before a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Exiled Tibetan Buddhist monks line up with offerings for the Dalai Lama during a prayer session in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Monks of the Sakya lineage of the Tibetan Buddhism prayed for the long life of the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) The Dalai Lama blesses a ceremonial ribbon before offering it to the 41st Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga, second from left, in Dharmsala, India, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. Monks of the Sakya lineage of the Tibetan Buddhism prayed for the long life of the Dalai Lama. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia) Archival Photos At the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in 1963, the unexpected turnout of religious groups was evident from many banners and signs held by Protestants, Catholics and Jews united in their support for equality for all American citizens. More than half the signs at the march were those of churches, synagogues and related agencies. RNS archive photo by Seth Muse Riot police repel students who rallied near Yonsei University, a Christian school, to demand an end to martial law in their country in Seoul, South Korea, on May 13, 1980. RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
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