(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes Orthodox Christmas, feast of the Epiphany and more.
Worshippers gather on the eve of the Ethiopian Orthodox Christmas, hosted by the Ethiopian Jandereba Generation, at Meskel Square in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP photo/ Amanuel Sileshi)
People watch a light show projected on the facade of the St. Nicholas Naval Cathedral on Orthodox Christmas Eve in the city of Kronstadt, outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
Palestinian Orthodox worshippers attend Christmas Mass at the Orthodox Church of St. Porphyrius in Gaza City, Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)
Buddhist monks on a "Walk for Peace" walk on Veterans Parkway in Fayetteville, Ga., on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025, from Texas to Washington, D.C. (Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Mayor Zohran Mamdani speaks during his inauguration ceremony, Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki)
Pilgrims and faithful hold a crucifix as they arrive at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican to cross the Holy Door on the last day of its public opening, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Pope Leo XIV closes St. Peter's Basilica Holy Door to end the 2025 ordinary Jubilee year, at the Vatican, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2025. (Yara Nardi/Pool photo via AP)
A group of religious leaders gathers at Luther Place Church, Jan. 6, 2026, for a vigil marking the fifth anniversary of the Capitol insurrection. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins)
Ben Pollock holds up a Bible during a rally near the National Mall marking the Jan. 6 anniversary, Jan. 6, 2026, in Washington. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins)
A veteran who lost his arm in the Russia-Ukraine war, comes out of the icy water during celebrations of Epiphany in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Dan Bashakov)
Altar boys and girls line up to take part in a religious procession marking Three Kings Day, also known as feast day of the Epiphany, in the Guardia Viejo neighborhood of Guatemala City, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Moises Castillo)
Members of the Bright Star of Bethlehem wait for the start of a Three Kings Day celebration, also known as feast of the Epiphany, in the Morro da Formiga favela, Rio de Janiero, Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Bruna Prado)
A fire eater performs during the traditional "Cabalgata de Reyes" parade in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Jan. 5, 2026, as part of the festivities marking the feast of Epiphany. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Archival Photos
Pope Paul VI shakes hands with Roman garbage collectors on Jan. 1, 1974, after he stopped to pray at a creche they had erected near St. Peter's Basilica. The pontiff was returning to the Vatican from celebrating Mass in the parish church of St. Anthony in a lower-middle-class neighborhood on Rome's southeast outskirts. He was marking the seventh World Day of Peace, an observance introduced by him on Jan. 1, 1968. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
Police help guard the Shawano County, Wis., Sheriff's Department while Native American demonstrators picket the building on Jan. 4, 1975. The demonstrators were seeking removal of police checkpoints around the Roman Catholic novitiate in Gresham that had been seized by the Menominee Indians on New Year's Day. The Native Americans demanded that the unused 64-room building and the surrounding complex, owned by the Alexian Brothers, be turned over to them for use as a health and housing facility. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
