RNS Photos of the Week: Rosh Hashanah; Vatican Synod

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes the Jewish New Year, the second meeting in Rome of the Synod on Synodality and more.     A man blows a shofar, an instrument made from a ram’s horn, marking Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, overlooking the port of Haifa, Israel, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)     Worshipers stand to say the names of loved ones in need of prayers during a Shabbat service, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024, at Temple Beth Sholom in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)     Orthodox Jews dance at the tomb of Rabbi Nachman, the great grandson of the founder of Hasidic movement, to mark the Jewish New Year in the town of Uman, south of Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)     People take cover as a siren sounds a warning of incoming missiles fired from Iran, beside a freeway in Shoresh, between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in Israel Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)     Workers with Mennonite Disaster Service arrive near Asheville, N.C., Sept. 30, 2024, to aid with recovery from Hurricane Helene. (Photo courtesy of Mennonite Disaster Service)     Ohio Sen. JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, left, is interviewed by Pastor Jason Howard at the Monroeville Convention Center in Monroeville, Pa., Sept. 28, 2024. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins)     Pope Francis attends a vigil prayer in St. Peter’s Basilica ahead of the start of the Synod of Bishops 16th General Assembly, commonly known as the Synod on Synodality, at the Vatican, Oct. 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)     Advocates for women’s ordination hold signs reading “Ordain Women” during a “Don’t Kick the Can, Women Can Be Priests” flash mob rally in Rome, as Pope Francis opened the Synod on Synodality at the Vatican, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)     Participants attend a session of the Synod on Synodality in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Oct. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)     Ethnic Chinese devotees wade through flood waters at a temple during the eve of Nine Emperor Gods festival in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. White-clad worshippers lit candles and offered sacrifices to their deities. The nine-day festival has been practiced by ethnic Chinese in Malaysia for generations. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)   Archival Photos     The Rev. Harry T. Bridwell, pastor of the Central Church of the Disciples of Christ in Buffalo, N.Y., stands beside a church bulletin board carrying a Jewish New Year’s message of friendship and goodwill of the church in 1946. (RNS archive photo by Ralph E. Hinkson. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)     King Olav V of Norway hands a plate of cake to a youngster at the Norwegian Christian Home in Brooklyn, New York, during a 150th anniversary celebration marking the arrival, in 1825, of the first 52 of an eventual 800,000 Norwegian immigrants, on Oct. 8, 1975. The king’s tour took him to Norwegian-American communities and churches to take part in events observing the start of Norwegian migration to America. (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