Photos of the Week: Eid celebrations, No Kings rallies

By Jessi Dodge · June 17, 2025

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Eid al-Adha celebrations, No Kings rallies and more. Yemeni Houthis chant religious slogans as they celebrate Eid al-Ghadir, the day they believe Islam was completed as a religion by the appointment of Ali as the Prophet Muhammad's successor, at Al Imam Ali park in Sanaa, Yemen, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman) In this image made from a video, a decoration celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha is set up in the front yard of a home, June 9, 2025, in Dearborn, Michigan. (AP Photo/Mike Householder) A dancer performs in the annual parade honoring "The Lord of Great Power", in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) Dancers perform in the annual parade honoring "The Lord of Great Power", in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) Dancers wait for the start of the annual parade honoring "The Lord of Great Power", in La Paz, Bolivia, Saturday, June 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) A priest prays at the Stone of Unction, the stone slab traditionally claimed as the stone where Jesus' body was prepared for burial, at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher, the site where according to tradition Jesus was crucified and buried, in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) A member of rescue services kneels on the floor and prays during a memorial service, following a shooting at a school, at the cathedral in Graz, Austria, Tuesday, June 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Heinz-Peter Bader) People attend a Mass in honor of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, at a Catholic church in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa) Worshippers pray at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, the Hindu Neasden Temple, in London, Thursday, June 12, 2025, for the victims of the Air India aircraft crash in Ahmedabad, India. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) Jessica Hager, left, the Rev. Britt Cox and their child took part in the No Kings rally Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Evanston, Ill. Cox is executive pastor at First United Methodist Church Evanston. (Photo courtesy of Britt Cox) The Rev. Lara Franklin, left, and her daughter, Erin Franklin, at the No Kings rally Saturday, June 14, 2025, in Hartford, Conn. Franklin is associate pastor at Asylum Hill Congregational Church in Hartford. (Photo courtesy of the Rev. Lara Franklin) A family takes a selfie as visitors tour the Temple of Heaven during the weekend holiday, in Beijing, Sunday, June 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) Archival Photos Dolls representing the 41 women’s religious communities in the Cleveland diocese are exhibited in several of the city’s downtown stores in 1964. The exhibit of the figures, dressed authentically by the congregations they represent, was sponsored by the Theresians, a group of women dedicated to promoting vocations to the sisterhoods. Shown placing the dolls in a bank window are Mrs. Edward J. Conrad, vocations director of the Theresians, and her granddaughter, Donna Steiger. The dolls ultimately would be sent to various Catholic high schools in the diocese. Religion News Service Photo via Presbyterian Historical Society Four Protestant clergymen from Houston, Texas, arrive at the U.S. Embassy in Teheran on Jan. 13, 1980, on a privately organized journey to free the U.S. hostages being held by Iranian militants. From left: the Revs. Gene Moore, Donald Everett, J.D. Pailey and Robert Mills. Characterizing their mission as being "strictly spiritual," the ministers said they would seek to hold a worship service for the hostages, commemorating the birthday of the late Martin Luther King, Jr. on Jan. 15. Mills declared, "We are going to make a very serious spiritual plea to them to release the American hostages to the American people through the black clergymen in honor of Dr. King." Religion News Service Photo via Presbyterian Historical Society

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