RNS Photos of the Week: U.S. Teenage Buddhist Lama; Taiwan Temple Festival

(RNS) — Each week RNS presents a gallery of photos of religious expression around the world. This week’s photo gallery includes a U.S. teenage Buddhist lama enthronement, a Taoist temple festival in Taiwan and more.     High school friends present U.S.-born Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, right, with a “khata,” the Tibetan ceremonial scarves that symbolize auspiciousness, at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony, in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)     U.S.-born Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, watches a traditional Tibetan performance at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)     U.S.-born Buddhist lama, Jalue Dorje, right, and a member of the Minnesota Tibetan community bow and touch foreheads in a traditional Tibetan greeting at his 18th birthday and enthronement ceremony in Isanti, Minn., on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Luis Andres Henao)     Sikh pilgrims arrive to attend birth anniversary celebrations for Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev, at his shrine at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, in Kartarpur, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)     Sikh pilgrims sing religious songs as they attend celebrations for the birth anniversary of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev, at his shrine at the Gurdwara Darbar Sahib, in Kartarpur, Pakistan, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)     Ukrainian service members hold candles at a memorial ceremony marking 1,000 days of the Russia-Ukraine war in Kyiv, Ukraine, Nov. 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)     A participant dressed as Ba Jia Jiang (eight generals), Chinese guardians of the gods, is purified by firecrackers during a temple festival marking the birthday of traditional Taoist deity “Qingshan Wang” or “Ling”an Zunwang” in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)     Worshippers carry an idol during a temple festival marking the birthday of traditional Taoist deity “Qingshan Wang” or “Ling”an Zunwang” in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, Nov. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)     A memorial service for R. Sharath Jois at the Broome Street Ganesha Temple, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024, in the Soho neighborhood of Manhattan. (RNS photo/Richa Karmarkar)   Archival Photos     Clergymen of three faiths participate in an ecumenical Thanksgiving service at Detroit’s Metropolitan United Methodist Church in 1975. The Thanksgiving service was sponsored by the Religious Task Force in cooperation with the Detroit Round Table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews. (RNS archive photo by John Utykanski. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.)     Five Protestant churches and a Jewish congregation participated in a Union Thanksgiving service at Washington, D.C., attended by President and Mrs. Lyndon Johnson and their daughters, Nov. 28, 1963. Leaving Mount Vernon Place Methodist church, President and Mrs. Johnson stand with the host pastor, the Rev. Albert P. Shirkey. In the second row, from left, are Miss Lynda Bird Johnson, 19; her fiancé, Ensign Bernard Rosenbach of Comfort, Tex., and Secret Service agent Rufus Youngblood. (RNS archvie 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