(RNS) — Each week Religion News Service presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the opening of a controversial Hindu temple in India, the annual March for Life in Washington and more.
The Ram Mandir, a temple dedicated to Hindu deity Lord Ram, was inaugurated in Ayodhya, India, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the controversial Hindu temple built on the ruins of an ancient mosque in the holy city of Ayodhya in a grand event that is expected to galvanize Hindu voters months before a general election. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) 
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to lead the opening of a temple dedicated to Hinduism’s Lord Ram in Ayodhya, India, Monday, Jan. 22, 2024. The magnificent temple lies at the site of a 16th-century mosque that was destroyed by a Hindu mob in December 1992, sparking massive Hindu-Muslim violence. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) 
Emergency crews respond to the former First Congregational church after the steeple of the old, historic church collapsed, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in New London, Conn. (Dana Jensen/The Day via AP) 
Hindu devotees perform rituals by the Hanumante river during Madhav Narayan festival in Bhaktapur, Nepal, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. During this festival, devotees recite Scriptures dedicated to Hindu goddess Swasthani and Lord Shiva. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha) 
The Tomborrada drum parade on Jan. 20, 2024, in San Sebastián, Spain. The Basque people of Spain’s northeastern coast celebrate the city’s patron saint, Sebastian — a third century martyr — with an annual 24-hour drum parade with hundreds of participants. (RNS reader submitted photo by John Schmidt) 
Pope Francis, left, and the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby greet Orthodox prelates after presiding over the first vespers on the day the Catholic Church celebrates the conversion of St. Paul, in the St.Paul’s Basilica, in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) 
People lift up miniature homes and fake money for a blessing by a Catholic priest outside San Francisco Basilica during the annual “Alasita” fair in La Paz, Bolivia, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. The fair’s opening day offered tiny replicas of things people aspire to acquire during the year, like homes, cars and wealth. “Alasita” means “buy me” in the Aymara Indigenous language. (AP Photo/Juan Karita) 
Anti-abortion activists walk past the U.S. Capitol during the annual March for Life on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) 
Anti-abortion activists participate in the annual March for Life in front of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, Jan. 19, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib) 
The gold chariot bearing the idol of Hindu god Lord Murugan leaves a temple to mark the start of Thaipusam, an annual festival representing the struggle between good and evil, on Penang Island, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Thousands of people attended the annual procession celebrated in honor of the Hindu god to express their gratitude, fulfill vows, and perform penance. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Archival Photos 
The first pontifical Mass is celebrated at the new Our Lady of the Skies Roman Catholic Church at Idlewild Airport in Queens, New York, in Oct. 1955. On the left are marble phalanx of the 10 Commandments. (RNS archive photo by Albert Berger. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) 
Sister Clara, left, a Japanese nun who survived the atom bomb blast at Nagasaki in 1945, is one of the 690 sisters attending summer sessions at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, in July 1953. With her is Sister Agatha, her companion. Both nuns will return to their native Japan in the Fall where they will teach in schools conducted by the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) | 
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