Photos of the Week: Earthquake aftermath; Shiite pilgrims

By Kit Doyle · February 20, 2023
(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Shiite pilgrims in Iraq, aftermath of the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria and more. People mourn after they bury their loved ones in Adiyaman, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023. Emergency crews have made a series of dramatic rescues in Turkey, pulling several people, some almost unscathed, from the rubble, days after a catastrophic earthquake killed more than 20,000. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) View of a mosque which collapsed during the earthquake in Antakya, Turkey, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2023. A catastrophic 7.8-magnitude earthquake killed tens of thousands in Turkey and Syria. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Workers unload empty coffins for earthquake victims at Sehir cemetery in Malatya, Turkey, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Kansas City Chiefs defensive end Mike Danna (51) prays after the NFL Super Bowl 57 football game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023, in Glendale, Ariz. The Chiefs defeated the Philadelphia Eagles 38-35. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson) Israelis wave national flags during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s new government to overhaul the judicial system, outside the Knesset, Israel’s parliament, in Jerusalem, Feb. 13, 2023. Thousands of Israelis protested outside the Knesset on Monday ahead of a preliminary vote on a bill that would give politicians greater power over appointing judges, part of the judicial overhaul proposed by Netanyahu’s government. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) Kenyans attend a national day of prayer event held at Nyayo stadium in the capital Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2023. With the prospect of a sixth consecutive failed rainy season in the east and Horn of Africa, Kenya's president is hoping the heavens will finally open with the help of a national day of mass prayer. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) Shiite worshippers gather at the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, who died at the end of the eighth century, during the annual commemoration of the saint's death, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) Shiite worshippers carry a symbolic coffin at the golden-domed shrine of Imam Moussa al-Kadhim, who died at the end of the 8th century, during the annual commemoration of his death in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) Destroyed Russian tanks sit across the road from a church in the town of Sviatohirsk, Ukraine, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka) Archival Photos Wendy and Bobby Wilson kiss on horseback at the conclusion of their wedding as the Rev. Austin Miles looks on during a 1975 ceremony in Madison Square Garden's Felt Forum in New York City. The three were back on horses several hours later as they all performed in "The Wonderful World of Horses." RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society. Clergy hold hands and participate in the Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama in 1965. RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.
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