Photos of the Week: A Buddhist monk and his dog, earthquake recovery efforts
By Nicole Gutierrez · July 22, 2026
(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo selection includes a Buddhist monk who led a Walk for Peace, recovery efforts after earthquakes in Venezuela and more.
Bhikkhu Pannakara, foreground right, a Buddhist monk who led a Walk for Peace from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., earlier this year, carries flowers as he pays his respects at a monument during an event at Wat Thai of Los Angeles in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Bhikkhu Pannakara, a Buddhist monk who led a Walk for Peace from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., and his dog, Aloka, are greeted by well-wishers during an event at Wat Thai of Los Angeles in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Bhikkhu Pannakara, a Buddhist monk who led a Walk for Peace from Fort Worth, Texas, to Washington, D.C., pets his dog, Aloka, while waiting for an event to start in the North Hollywood section of Los Angeles, Monday, July 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
A Catholic priest comforts Carlos Berroterán beside the body of his niece, Manuela Solórzano, 17, recovered from the rubble of their home three weeks after it collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
A woman holds a painting of the Virgin Mary as she accompanies a Catholic priest supporting people searching for the remains of relatives in the rubble of residential buildings that collapsed during the earthquakes that struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, July 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)
Shiite Muslims hold portraits of schoolchildren killed in a strike on a school in the southern Iranian town of Minab on Feb. 28, as they express solidarity with Iran in Magam, north of Srinagar in Indian controlled Kashmir, Sunday, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
A memorial dedicated to those who died in the Kerr County, Texas floods last year stands in front of the Center Point Volunteer Fire Department, on July 17, 2026, in Center Point, Texas. Twenty-four hours prior, the area was underwater from more flooding. (Ellie Ashby/RNS photo)
Hindu devotees gather around a tableau with Hindu mythological characters Krishna and Radha, as they participate in a religious procession during the Rath Yatra, or chariot festival, carrying the Hindu deities of Jagannath, Balaram and Subhadra, in Kolkata, India, Thursday, July 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men wear sackcloth, a traditional sign of mourning in Judaism, during a prayer and protest against construction work for the Jerusalem Light Rail, in Jerusalem, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)
Believers cross themselves in front of the church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God on Red Square, during the Day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, venerated and held in special blessing within the Orthodox tradition in Moscow, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
A woman with a bouquet of flowers enters the church of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God on Moscow's Red Square during the Day of the Kazan Icon of the Mother of God, venerated and held in special blessing within the Orthodox tradition, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, backdropped by the Kremlin Wall and the Spasskaya Tower, left. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
