(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Ashoura, Texas flooding and more.
Iranian Shiite Muslims mourn in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, on Saturday, July 5, 2025, on the eve of Ashoura, the death anniversary of Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Hussein, who was killed with his 72 companions in a 7th-century battle in Karbala in present-day Iraq. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
Shiite Muslims mourn during an Ashoura procession marking the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in Mumbai, India, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
Shiite faithful pilgrims light candles outside the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during a Muharram procession marking Ashoura, to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
Kashmiri Shiite Muslims shout religious slogans as they participate in a Muharram procession on wooden boats in the interiors of Dal lake, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Pope Leo XIV greets faithful when arriving at the Barberini Palace on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Castel Gandolfo outside Rome. (Photo by Vatican Media)
Exiled Tibetans in traditional costumes sing 'Happy Birthday' for their spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, unseen, as he leaves after attending his 90th birthday celebrations at the Tsuglakhang temple in Dharamshala, India, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)
Parishioner Lisa Reitz gets cans of food and other donations ready for distribution at the Hunt Baptist Church following extreme flooding along the Guadalupe River on Sunday, July 6, 2025, in Hunt, Texas. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Gonzalez)
A Camp Mystic sign is seen near the entrance to the establishment along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Hunt, Texas, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
A Buddhist monk in a ceremonial costume performs a ritual dance with others during the first day of the two-day festival at the Hemis monastery, on the outskirts of Leh, India, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Buddhist monks in ceremonial costume perform a ritual dance during the first day of the two-day festival at the Hemis monastery, on the outskirts of Leh, India, Saturday, July 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
Tanisha Tucker Lohse, of the Tohono Oʼodham nation, picks a ripe saguaro cactus fruit during a harvest day in Saguaro National Park near Tucson, Ariz., on Monday, June 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Archival Photos
Groups of Iranians flee from Washington police on July 27, 1980, following clashes between supporters and opponents of the Ayatollah Khomeini regime. Pro-Khomeini forces were also confronted by a group of Americans waving the U.S. flag, who chased them through the business district of the city. One of the demonstration was organized by the Iranian Freedom Foundation, whose leader, Ali Akbar Tabatabai — an outspoken critic of Khomeini — was murdered on July 22, 1980 in Washington. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
Fireworks at night in the nation’s capital with the Washington Monument and Capitol Building in the background on July 4, 1951. (RNS archive photo by Charles Phelps Cushing. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
Mr. and Mrs. Binh Pham Trung, Vietnamese refugees who settled near Tel Aviv, play with their Israeli-born son outside a restaurant Mr. Trung operates with his sister in 1980. The couple were among a group of 66 who escaped from Vietnam in June 1977 and were given asylum in Israel. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
