photo slideshow
Photos of the Week: Feast of Immaculate Conception; women in faith
By Jessi Dodge — December 10, 2021
Picture a King
By Kit Doyle — April 3, 2018
(RNS) — Fifty years after the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., images still convey the power of his work.
Animist war game ritual lives on on Indonesian Christian island
By Alexandra Radu — March 20, 2018
PULAU SUMBA, Indonesia (RNS) — On the island of Sumba, in central Indonesia, a ritual war game known as Pasola is celebrated annually between villages, and it draws large crowds of all ages.
A Malaysian animist group gives thanks to spirits of the sea
By Alexandra Radu — February 27, 2018
CAREY ISLAND, Malaysia (RNS) — The ceremony takes place over four days, in which shamans and villagers visit different points on the rivers and seashores where boats have sunk in the past.
Buddhist light festival shoos away bad luck in northern Thailand
By Kit Doyle — November 13, 2017
CHIANG MAI, Thailand (RNS) — Yee Peng, or two full moons festival, is one of many lunar festivals held annually across Thailand, Myanmar and Laos.
Architecture award winners use natural light to give a sense of the divine
By Kit Doyle — December 12, 2016
(RNS) Annual religious architecture contest winners use natural light and materials to 'meet the needs of congregations.'
Mourning around the world for Orlando victims
By Sally Morrow — June 16, 2016
People around the world gathered for vigils, prayer and reflection in the days after the tragedy in Orlando, Fla., on June 12, 2016.
A glimpse of Ramadan around the world
By Sally Morrow — June 8, 2016
(RNS) A slideshow of Ramadan observed as a time of prayer and reflection, and typically large evening meals featuring specialty foods which vary across cultures.
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