Photos of the Week: Sikh guru birthday; Full moon festivals

By Kit Doyle · November 15, 2024

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, full moon festivals and more.

Sikh devotees light clay lamps next to the pond surrounding the Golden Temple as they celebrate the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak, in Amritsar, India, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Prabhjot Gill)

Sikh warriors display traditional martial art skills during a religious procession ahead of the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak, in Hyderabad, India, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

National Nurses United demonstrate outside the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference fall meeting, Nov. 12, 2024, in Baltimore. (RNS photo/Aleja Hertzler-McCain)

Activists demonstrate for climate justice and a cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas conflict at the COP29 U.N. Climate Summit, Monday, Nov. 11, 2024, in Baku, Azerbaijan. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Volunteers clean the inside of a church affected by flooding in Benagarmosa, Malaga, Spain, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Marrero)

Buddhist devotees light candles during the full moon day of Tazaungmone, also known as lighting festival, at a pagoda, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Hindu devotees light earthen lamps at a temple on the auspicious day of Karthik Purnima, which is celebrated on full moon day of the Hindu calendar month "Karthika", in Hyderabad, India, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

Hindu devotees light lamps during "Dev Deepawali" festival on the banks of the Ganges river in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Buddhists pray during a special service to wish for their children's success on the eve of the college entrance examination, the College Scholastic Ability Test, at the Jogye Temple in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Archival Photos

Children of U.S. soldiers missing or killed in action in Southeast Asia carry baskets of roses at the foot of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington on Nov. 11, 1982. The new black granite monument which lists the names of 57,939 Americans killed or missing in the Vietnam War, was officially dedicated on Nov. 13, 1982. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)

A flag-draped coffin held high by screaming Iranian youth outside the former U.S. Embassy in Teheran on Nov. 4, 1982, during a demonstration marking the third anniversary of the taking of U.S. hostages. Thousands of students jammed the streets surrounding the compound shouting, “Death to America.” (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)

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