Photos of the Week: World Cup final; Festival of Lights

By Kit Doyle · December 24, 2022
 (RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Argentina's winning the World Cup final, Hanukkah festivities and more. Fans watch the homecoming parade of the Argentine national soccer team, whic won the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar, from an overpass in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. The sign reads, "I only ask God." (AP Photo/Victor Caivano) Argentina's Lionel Messi is honored with a traditional bish't cloak prior to receiving the World Cup trophy at Lusail Stadium in Lusail, Qatar, on Dec. 18, 2022, after Argentina defeated France. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) From left, Rabbi Levi Shemtov, Rabbi Abraham Shemtov and Attorney General Merrick Garland participate in the annual National Menorah Lighting in celebration of Hanukkah, on the Ellipse near the White House in Washington, Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) First lady Jill Biden speaks before President Joe Biden during a Hanukkah holiday reception in the Grand Foyer of the White House in Washington, Monday, Dec. 19, 2022. At right is Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, survivor of the hostage standoff at a Colleyville, Texas, synagogue. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Orthodox Jewish seminary students light candles on the third day of Hanukkah in Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day festival that celebrates the victory of Jewish fighters over the ancient Greeks and the rededication of the Jewish Temple. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) The Rev. Brian Strassburger, left, and the Rev. Flavio Bravo, right, bless migrants during Mass at the Casa del Migrant shelter in Reynosa, Mexico, on Dec. 15, 2022. Hope and tension have both been rising at Casa del Migrant and the few other shelters in this border city where thousands of migrants await news of U.S. border policy changes. (AP Photo/Giovanna Dell'Orto) Members of the Catholic Q'eqchi community gathered at a home in Norristown, PA. on Dec. 18, 2022 to celebrate the tradition of las posadas. RNS photo by Emily Neil Pope Francis talks with faithful dressed as the Three Wise Men at the end of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Dec. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Archival Photos A child reacts negatively to meeting Santa Claus at a shopping center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 1980. RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society. Father Christmas arrives at the Edaville Railroad depot via handcar in South Carver, Mass., in 1973. With ruddy cheeks from working the pump trolley, Santa Claus arrived just ahead of the Edaville Railroad's Christmas Festival special. RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society. A woman lights candles on a Christmas tree in preparation for a Christmas carol song fest in Amsterdam, Netherlands, in 1954. RNS archive photo by W.F. van Heemskerck Düker. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society. Christmas in Tokyo, circa 1950. RNS archive photo by Darley Downs. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society. Christmas dreams in Springfield, Ohio, circa 1950. RNS archive photo by W.E. McCuddy. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
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