(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes global reactions and effects of the ongoing war in Israel and Gaza. 
Palestinians displaced by the Israeli bombardment of the Gaza Strip sit in a UNDP-provided tent camp in Khan Younis on Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) 
Palestinians crowding to buy bread from a bakery, in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Oct. 15, 2023. Since the Israeli military cut off the Gaza Strip’s water and fuel and prevented aid convoys from entering, Palestinians in Gaza have sheltered with their families far from their homes and struggled to survive. It’s a grueling routine — waiting hours for bread, trying to find water, soothing children during bombings. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair) 
Protesters hold a Palestinian flag reading “Al-Aqsa flood” in Arabic as they leave Friday prayers at Azhar mosque, the Sunni Muslim world’s premier Islamic institution, in Cairo, Oct. 13, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) 
A protester stands under a large Palestinian flag during a rally supporting the Palestinian people outside the U.S. Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. Hundreds of people staged protests in Indonesia’s capital Friday to denounce the staunch American support for Israel and demand an end to Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) 
Protesters shout anti-Israel slogans during a rally to show solidarity with the people of Gaza after Friday prayers at Azhar mosque, the Sunni Muslim world’s premier Islamic institution, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, Oct. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) 
A Filipino activist tries to put out candles inside paper bags written with slogans after saying prayers calling for an immediate ceasefire and the establishment of a humanitarian corridor to ensure the safe passage of aid and civilians trapped during the Israel and Palestinian conflict as they gathered on Friday, Oct. 20, 2023 in Quezon city, Philippines. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) 
A demonstrator holds up a banner during a protest inside the Cannon House Office Building at the Capitol in Washington on Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Amanda Andrade-Rhoades) 
Hundreds of demonstrators calling for a cease-fire in Gaza gathered in the U.S. Capitol’s Cannon House Office Building rotunda on Oct. 18, 2023. The group was primarily organized by Jewish Voice for Peace. RNS photo by Jack Jenkins 
Wadea Al Fayoume’s father, Oday Al Fayoume, seated right, and his uncle Mahmoud Yousef attend a vigil for Wadea at Prairie Activity and Recreation center in Plainfield, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. An Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing the 6-year-old Muslim boy and seriously wounding his mother was charged with a hate crime after police and relatives said he singled out the victims because of their faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) 
Family members of Wadea Al-Fayoume bring out his casket from the Mosque Foundation to the hearse in Bridgeview, Ill., Oct. 16, 2023. An Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing the 6-year-old Muslim boy and seriously wounding his mother was charged with a hate crime after police and relatives said he singled out the victims because of their faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) 
Muslim community members mourn Wadea Al Fayoume at his grave in LaGrange, Ill., Monday, Oct. 16, 2023. An Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing the 6-year-old Muslim boy and seriously wounding his mother was charged with a hate crime after police and relatives said he singled out the victims because of their faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) 
Easton Amjad Waz, 5, holds a sign during a vigil for Wadea Al Fayoume at Prairie Activity and Recreation center in Plainfield, Ill., Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023. An Illinois landlord accused of fatally stabbing the 6-year-old Muslim boy and seriously wounding his mother was charged with a hate crime after police and relatives said he singled out the victims because of their faith and as a response to the war between Israel and Hamas. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh) | 
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