Photos of the Week: Peace meetings, RNS symposium

By Kit Doyle · October 29, 2025

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes peace meetings, the Religion News Service symposium and more.

Pope Leo XIV, center, speaks with Britain's King Charles III and Queen Camilla in the St. Damasus Courtyard at the Vatican after a state visit and prayer with him in the Sistine Chapel, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope Leo XIV attends an inter-religious meeting to pray for peace inside the Colosseum in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Participants lights candles during an inter-religious meeting organized by the Sant' Egidio Community to pray for peace, in front of the Arch of Constantine outside the Colosseum in Rome, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

A devotee prays to the sun while standing in the Yamuna river during the Chhath festival, which is celebrated for the well-being and prosperity of one's family, in New Delhi, India, Monday, Oct. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

The Rev. Jorge Bautista, center, is helped after being hit with a pepper round during a protest against United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in Oakland, Calif. (Photo courtesy Leah Martens)

Peolple attend a "Bach at One" concert at Trinity Church, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in New York City. (RNS photo/Kit Doyle)

The Rev. Eric Manning, center, speaks on a panel with Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers, right, moderated by the Rev. Jacqui Lewis, left, during the 2025 RNS symposium at Trinity Commons, Wednesday, Oct. 22, 2025, in New York City. (RNS photo/Kisha Bari)

Relatives and supporters of the victims of the 1972 Bloody Sunday massacre march to Belfast Crown Court ahead of the verdict for the trial of a British soldier identified only as Soldier F, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)

Christians pray as they celebrate the return of services at Omdurman church in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, Oct. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Marwan Ali)

Women walk past Orthodox priests attending the procession of Saint Dimitrie Bassarabov, the patron saint of the Romanian capital, in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/ Vadim Ghirda)

Archival Photos

People stand in silent prayer during a peace rally at Belfast's City Hall in January 1975. About 12,000 people turned out for the interdenominational rally, marching through heavy rain. Leading Protestant and Roman Catholic clergy conducted a brief prayer service. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)

A Japanese atomic bomb survivor demonstrates for 'no more Hiroshimas and Nagasakis' at a rally for the banning of all nuclear weapons in this undated photo. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)

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