(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Thanksgiving, the arrival of Christmas trees and more.
Pope Francis sits at a table during a lunch, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. Pope Francis offered several hundred poor people, homeless, migrants, unemployed a lunch on Sunday as he celebrates the World Day of the Poor with a concrete gesture of charity in the spirit of his namesake, St. Francis of Assisi. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) 
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump, right, and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, center, pray before helping to serve a Thanksgiving meal to Texas state troopers and guardsmen at the South Texas International Airport, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023, in Edinburg, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) 
A giant Christmas tree marking the 40th anniversary of L. Ron Hubbard’s Winter Wonderland arrives at the Church of Scientology Los Angeles Information Center, Nov. 20, 2023, in Los Angeles. Passersby on the Hollywood Walk of Fame watched as the 6,000-pound giant grand fir was hoisted into place by a 40-ton crane at the end of its 900-mile journey from Sheridan, Oregon. 
A nun waves as a giant fir donated by the city of Macra in the Italian northern region of Piedmont it is lifted by cranes in St. Peter’s Square to be set up as the official 2023 Vatican Christmas tree, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) 
People attend a vigil hosted by a variety of Christian groups opposing the Israel-Hamas war, Nov. 20, 2023, at the White House in Washington. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins) 
Palestinians pray over bodies of people killed in the Israeli bombardment before burying them in a mass grave in the town of Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, Nov. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mohammed Dahman) 
Hindu devotees pray to the sun god as they stand in knee deep waters in the River Yamuna during Chhath Puja festival in Prayagraj, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, Sunday, Nov. 19, 2023. During Chhath, an ancient Hindu festival, rituals are performed to thank the Sun god for sustaining life on earth. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) 
Firefighters respond after a fire broke out at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Chevy Chase, Maryland., Nov. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) 
The Rev. Dr. Jacqueline Lewis, right in red hat, addresses press conference attendees in front of Middle Collegiate Church, Monday, Nov. 20, 2023, as demolition of the remaining façade begins in Manhattan, New York. All but the facade of the 130-year old church was destroyed in a 2020 fire. (RNS photo/Fiona André) Archival Photos 
A Palestinian girl ponders her answer before chalking it on the blackboard, during Arabic lessons at a church-sponsored school in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1980. World Council of Churches’ schools played a significant role in the education of Middle East refugee children. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) 
Westminster’s Church House as the Convocations of Canterbury and York held joint sessions at which they voted overwhelmingly to advance negotiations toward a merger of the Anglican and Methodist Churches in England, on May 18, 1965. Sitting at a table in the center of the hall is Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, and Frederick Coggan, Archbishop of York. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) | 
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