RNS Photos of the Week: Ancestors Day; Prophet’s Birthday

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes Ancestors Day for Cambodian Buddhists, celebrations for the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday and more.   An interfaith crowd takes part in the Defense of Religious Freedom march at Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. The march seeks to bring attention to religious intolerance in the South American country. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)   Cambodian Buddhists pray at a sand stupa during celebrations for Pchum Ben, or Ancestors Day, at the pagoda of Wat Phneat Simply, Buddhist monastery on the western side of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)   Buddhist nuns prepare food for monks during a celebration of Pchum Ben, or Ancestors Day, at the pagoda of Wat Phneat Simply Buddhist monastery in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)   Marie Morette, a congregant of St. Raphael Catholic church, prays during Mass in Springfield, Ohio, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)   The Rev. Carl Ruby, center, and other church representatives hug members of the Haitian community during a service at Central Christian Church in Springfield, Ohio, on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (RNS photo/Kathryn Post)   Egyptian Muslims parade to celebrate Moulid Al-Nabi, the birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)   Kashmiri Muslim women react as a head cleric displays a relic, believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Mohammad, at the Hazratbal shrine on Eid-e-Milad, the birth anniversary of the prophet, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)   A vandalized sign at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Hindu temple in Melville, N.Y. (Photo courtesy BAPS)   Pilgrims pray inside St. James Church in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Sept. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut)   A masked dancer performs during Indra Jatra, a festival marking the end of the rainy season in Kathmandu, Nepal, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)   Archival Photos   Lorenzo Booker and his wife stand behind their son, Vaughan Booker, as he is ordained an Episcopal deacon on March 1, 1975, in the chapel of Graterford, Pennsylvania, State Prison, where he is serving a life sentence for murdering his wife. Bishop Lyman C. Ogilby of the Diocese of Pennsylvania conferred the lower order of the clergy on the 32-year-old inmate in what was believed to be the first ordination held within prison walls in Pennsylvania. Booker pleaded guilty eight years earlier to the murder of his wife, Annabelle, following an argument. He told a reporter at the time of ordination that nothing good he may ever achieve can erase his crime.His four-year ordination program was planned and supervised by several priests of the Pennsylvania diocese. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)   A new temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints nears completion in Idaho Falls, Idaho, in 1945. The temple, the first in Idaho, was dedicated September 23-25, 1945 under the direction of LDS President George Albert Smith. It was the eighth worldwide LDS temple. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)   Talk to Us We want your feedback on the RNS Photos of the Week — what you think we're doing right and what we should be doing differently. Send us an email at Comments@ReligionNews.com Subscribe to other RNS Newsletters. Forward this email to a friend. View the archive of past newsletters. RNS is free to read, but it's not free to produce. If you value our reporting, please consider making a donation today. If you prefer to mail a donation, please address to: Religion News Foundation, PO Box 1808, Columbia, MO 65205. Yes, I support the work you're doing! Forward this email to a friend