Photos of the Week: Queen Elizabeth II funeral; Iranian unrest
By Kit Doyle · September 23, 2022
(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, unrest in Iran after the death of a young woman and more.
The Ceremonial Procession of the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II travels down the Long Walk as it arrives at Windsor Castle for the Committal Service at St George's Chapel, in Windsor, England, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (Aaron Chown/Pool photo via AP)
Members of the British royal family follow behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II as it is carried out of Westminster Abbey after her state funeral. (Gareth Cattermole/Pool Photo via AP)
A Buddhist monk lights a butter lamp at a Buddhist monastery during a prayer session to mark the funeral of Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, Sept. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)
King Charles III walks behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II being pulled past Buckingham Palace after her funeral service at Westminster Abbey in central London, Sept. 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
Faithful of the Afro-Brazilian religion Candomble walk on the shore before a Defense of Religious Freedom march at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. The march seeks to draw the attention of society and public authorities to the growth of cases of religious intolerance in the country. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Faithful from different religions participate in the Defense of Religious Freedom march at Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022. The march aimed to draw the attention of society and public authorities to the growth of cases of religious intolerance in the country. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
Workers remove prayer notes left by visitors from gaps between the stones on the Western Wall, the holiest site where Jews can pray in Jerusalem's Old City, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022, ahead of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The notes are buried in a nearby cemetery according to Jewish tradition. The operation is carried out twice a year, before Rosh Hashana and before the holiday of Passover in the spring. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
Women hold up images of Iranian Mahsa Amini as they shout slogans during a protest against her death, outside Iran's general consulate in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022. Protests have erupted across Iran and the Middle East in recent days after Amini, a 22-year-old woman, died while being held by the morality police for violating the country's strictly enforced Islamic dress code. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, photo taken by an individual not employed by the Associated Press and obtained by the AP outside Iran, protesters chant slogans during a protest over the death of a woman who was detained by the morality police, in downtown Tehran, Iran. Iranians saw their access to Instagram, one of the few Western social media platforms still available in the country, disrupted on Wednesday following days of mass protests. (AP Photo)
Women wearing traditional attire pose for photographs as they practice the Garba, the traditional dance of Gujarat state, ahead of Navratri in Ahmedabad, India, Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. The Hindu festival of Navratri, or nine nights, will begin Sept. 26. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
Reader Photos
Sister Maria Guadalupe Lopez, of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, participates with other attendees at the Queen of Peace Parish Mexican Fest in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Sept. 18, 2022. Photo courtesy of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity
Archival Photos
Chaplains in the U.S. Armed Forces regularly reaffirm the important role religion plays in the everyday lives of servicemen. In this photo, GIs attend a service conducted by Protestant Chaplain (Maj.) John W. Hardy, Jr., from a helicopter on the field in Germany, circa 1956. Note the altar set up inside the helicopter. RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
St. Joseph's Cathedral looks like a hollow shell after an early morning fire destroyed the 64-year-old mother church of the Hartford Archdiocese on Jan. 1, 1957, in Hartford, Conn. The blaze, which started in the basement below the altar, was discovered during the 7 a.m. Mass. More than 135 firemen battled the flames for five hours in 16-degree temperatures. Damage was estimated at $5,000,000. A few hours earlier, a midnight blaze destroyed another Catholic church — St. Patrick's in the city's business area. RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
The Rev. William Goudbert works on the translation of I Corinthians into Navajo while three student missionaries at the Cook Training School assist in Phoenix, Arizona, circa 1948. Grouped around Goudbert are Harold Navajo, from left, Alfred Miller and Albert Brady, just three of the roughly 100 Native Americans who were working on the translation project. RNS archive photo by Frank Gianelli. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
