Photos of the Week: Eid al-Fitr; LDS General Conference

By Kit Doyle · April 12, 2024
 (RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Eid al-Fitr marking the end of Ramadan, the twice-annual LDS General Conference and more. Muslim women take photos as they gather to perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at Washington Square Park, Wednesday, April 10, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at Jama Masjid, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, April 11, 2024. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup) Muslims attend prayers at National Mosque for the Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) People gather in the aftermath of a shooting at an Eid al-Fitr event in Philadelphia, Wednesday, April 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) The imam leads the morning prayers at the historic Yeni Cami, or New Mosque, in the port city of Thessaloniki, northern Greece, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. Eid prayers were held in the historic former mosque in northern Greece for the first time in 100 years. (AP Photo/Giannis Papanikos) Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr outside al-Seddik mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) Vendors sell balloons to Muslims during Eid al-Fitr in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, April, 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Muslims and non-Muslim migrants eat their meals together during an Iftar, the sunset meal when Muslims break their fast in the holy month of Ramadan, at the migrant shelter on Randall's Island, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Andres Kudacki) Muslims pray outside a mosque as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, April 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky) Bangladeshi Muslims maneuver their way onto the roof of an overcrowded train to travel home for Eid al-Fitr celebrations, at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Tuesday, April 9, 2024. Hundreds of thousands of people working in Dhaka left their hometowns to celebrate Eid al-Fitr with their families. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu) Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill releases a bird celebrating the Annunciation preceding the celebration of Orthodox Easter in front of the Annunciation Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on Sunday, April 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko) Horseback riders known as "Huasos," take part in the Quasimodo Feast, a celebration held on the first Sunday after Easter, in Colina, Chile, Sunday, April 7, 2024. The "Huasos" accompany priests to give communion to the sick, in a procession to pay tribute to the Virgin of Carmen. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix) Congregants gather for the twice-annual conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Saturday, April 6, 2024, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer) Archival Photos Director Christopher W. Kemp, left, leads the Johnson C. Smith University Choir during a recording session in Charlotte, N.C., in 1964. Some 20 national radio broadcasts are scheduled during the year for the Johnson C. Smith University Choir of Charlotte, N.C., a 75-voice group named as the 1964 Official Broadcasting Choir for the United Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. It is the first Black choir to be selected by the denomination to produce recordings for use over ABC, NBC and CBS network programs. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) Sister Benedict gives some pointers on playing billiards to guests at the Sacred Heart Home for the Aged in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1964. The nun is a member of the Little Sisters of the Poor who operate the residence. Donated by the Knights of Columbus, the pool table makes it possible for the home to incorporate billiards as part of its program to keep the senior citizens amused and active. (RNS archive photo by Henry F. Under. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)
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