Photos of the Week: All Saints Day; Hindu Sun god

By Kit Doyle · November 4, 2022
 (RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes All Saints Day commemorations, Hindu Chhath Puja Sun god festivals and more. Followers of the ancient Sabean Mandaean religious sect pray alongside the Tigris River during a Prosperity Day celebration in central Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Mandaeism follows the teachings of John the Baptist, a saint in both the Christian and Islamic traditions, and its rites revolve around water and prosperity. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) Candles are lit during All Saints Day at the cemetery in Vilnius, Lithuania, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Candles illuminated tombstones in graveyards across Europe as people communed with the souls of the dead on Tuesday, observing one of the most sacred days in the Catholic calendar. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) A woman dressed as Catrina, an icon of the Day of the Dead, poses for tourists in Mexico City's main square, the Zocalo, in Mexico City, Friday, Oct. 28, 2022. The holiday honors the dead as friends and family gather in cemeteries to decorate the graves of their loved ones. and hold a vigil during the night of November 1 and 2. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte) Helen Butler, executive director of the Georgia Coalition for the People's Agenda, speaks to organizers at a Black church event known as "Souls to the Polls," in Decatur, Georgia., Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Sudhin Thanawala) Hoboken Police officers stand watch outside of United Synagogue of Hoboken, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Hoboken, N.J. The FBI says it has received credible information about a threat to synagogues in New Jersey. The FBI's Newark office released a statement Thursday afternoon that characterizes it as a broad threat. The statement urged synagogues to "take all security precautions to protect your community and facility." (AP Photo/Ryan Kryska) Israeli lawmaker and head of "Jewish Power" party, Itamar Ben-Gvir, gestures after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Oren Ziv) Ultra-Orthodox Jews watch Rabbi Israel Hager vote during Israel elections in Bnei Brak, Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2022. Israel is holding its fifth election in less than four years. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Former Israeli prime minister and the head of Likud party, Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, gesture after first exit poll results for the Israeli Parliamentary election at his party's headquarters in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov) Hindu devotees perform rituals at sunset on the banks of the Sabarmati River during Chhath Puja festival in Ahmedabad, India, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. During Chhath ancient Hindu rituals are performed to thank the sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki) Hindu devotees gather to perform rituals to the sun god during the Chhath Puja festival at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and the Yamuna rivers in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. During Chhath, ancient Hindu rituals are performed to thank the sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) A Nepalese woman offers prayers to the setting sun at the Bagmati River during the Chhath Puja festival in Kathmandu, Nepal, Sunday, Oct. 30, 2022. During Chhath, ancient Hindu rituals are performed to thank the sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) Pope Francis is greeted by Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as he arrives at the Sakhir Royal Palace, Bahrain, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. Francis is making the November 3-6 visit to participate in a government-sponsored conference on East-West dialogue and to minister to Bahrain's tiny Catholic community, part of his effort to pursue dialogue with the Muslim world. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) Archival Photos Archbishop Richard J. Cushing of Boston and a group of children from a local daycare try on their new Ramar Jungle Scout helmets, named for a popular television hero, in Boston in Nov. 1955. The helmets were donated by WNAC-TV as part of a "heart-to-heart" drive to donate helmets to children in orphanages, hospitals and daycares. RNS archive photo by Cornelius Bucley. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society. Charley Redd, a Navajo, stands near his home at Seta Canyon, Arizona, in Nov. 1979. Reddy, whose Native name was Black Hat, had recently celebrated his 106th birthday. Until his retirement, he had been a medicine man for more than 65 years. Commenting on the passing scene, Redd said, "Years ago we had vegetation on the mountains ... it's all gone now. We used to live in harmony with the plants around us." RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
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