PHOTOS OF THE WEEK: US Elections; Hinduism’s Dev Deepawali festival
By Jessi Dodge · November 11, 2022
(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the Hindu Dev Deepawali festival and the US elections.
A Hindu woman lights oil lamps on the bank of the Hooghly River on the occasion of Hindu festival Dev Deepawali in Kolkata, India, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
A Sikh pilgrim performs rituals to celebrate the birth anniversary of their spiritual leader Baba Guru Nanak Dev, at Nankana Sahib, near Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Thousands of pilgrims from various countries participated in three-day festival to celebrate the 553rd birth anniversary of the founder of the Sikh religion. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Charlie Crist, the Democratic candidate for Florida governor, and fiancee Chelsea Grimes wait to be introduced to supporters during a get-out-the-vote rally Nov. 7, 2022, in Wilton Manors, Florida. (AP Photo/Michael Laughlin)
The Rev. Alyn Waller of Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church rallies fellow bikers for a "Black Bikers Vote" procession, Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)
Yusuf Jackson is seen reflected in a motorcycle mirror wearing a shirt reading "God is in Control" during a "Black Bikers Vote" rally Saturday, Nov. 5, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)
A dancer with a Junkanoo band performs during a Souls to the Polls event organized by faith leaders and labor groups at an early voting location, Sunday, Nov. 6, 2022, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, right, takes selfies with supporters at a rally in support of Proposition 1, which would protect abortion rights, at Long Beach City College in Long Beach, California, Nov. 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)
A hundred rabbis gathered to rally for reproductive rights on Nov. 9, 2022, in St. Louis’ Memorial Park Plaza. The rabbis were part of the Conservative movement’s Rabbinical Assembly. Photo courtesy of the Rabbinical Assembly
Sikh boys in traditional dress attend a religious ceremony to celebrate the birth anniversary of their spiritual leader Baba Guru Nanak Dev, at Nankana Sahib, near Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022. Thousands of pilgrims from various countries participated in three-day festival to celebrate the 553rd birth anniversary of the founder of the Sikh religion. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray as a priest displays a relic of Sufi saint Sheikh Syed Abdul Qadir Jeelani outside his shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Hundreds of devotees have gathered at the shrine for the 11-day festival that marks the death anniversary of the Sufi saint. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
A priest kisses a cross as Cyprus' Speaker of the House of Representatives Annita Demetriou pays her last respects to the head of the country's Orthodox Church, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, in St. Barnabas Cathedral in Nicosia, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022. Chrysostomos, whose forays into Cyprus' complex politics and finances fired up supporters and detractors alike, died at age 81. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias)
