Photos of the Week: California mosque attack, Rededicate 250
By Kit Doyle · May 20, 2026
(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes the aftermath of a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego, the Rededicate 250 event and more.
People hold hands near the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Police stage at the scene of a shooting outside the Islamic Center on Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Taha Hassane, iman for the Islamic Center of San Diego, speaks near the scene of a shooting outside the mosque in San Diego on Monday, May 18, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Buddhists participate in a lantern parade during the Lotus Lantern Festival ahead of the upcoming birthday of Buddha, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Humanoid robots and Buddhists walk in a lantern parade during the Lotus Lantern Festival ahead of the upcoming birthday of Buddha, in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Yemenis raise posters of Muslims' holy book, the Quran, during a rally in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, May 18, 2026, to denounce the desecration of a Quran in the U.S. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
People attend Rededicate 250 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins)
An individual kneels in prayer during Rededicate 250 on Sunday, May 17, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (RNS photo/Aleja Hertzler-McCain)
People attend Rededicate 250 on the National Mall in Washington. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins)
Actor Sadie Robertson Huff speaks during Rededicate 250 Sunday, May 17, 2026, on the National Mall in Washington. (RNS photo/Adelle M. Banks)
People carry a "mikoshi" portable shrine at Sensoji Buddhist temple as the nearby Asakusa Shrine holds the Sanja Matsuri, a Shinto festival, in Tokyo, Saturday, May 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Archival Photos
The Rev. David Chung, a Korean pastor, shared top billing with the World Vision Orphans' Choir on the first television program sponsored by the National Christian Council of Korea over the Korean government's newly-commissioned station HLCK-TV in March 1962. Using public service time donated by KBS, the official government network, the council was responsible for half-hour shows three Sunday nights a month. The fourth Sunday night was shared by Roman Catholics, Buddhists and other religious groups. (RNS archive photo by K.J. Foreman Jr. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
A year-long united movement of "Evangelism-in-Depth" climaxed in La Paz, Bolivia, with a massive parade by 15,000 evangelical Christians in 1965. The parade included 26 floats and many bands, some in colorful Indigenous attire. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
