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Shrine parishioners throw ice cold water on themselves during the annual cold-endurance festival at Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025, a traditional Japanese way of purifying their soul and praying for their health in the new year. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) 
Men exit a pond after plunging themselves in icy waters to celebrate the Orthodox Epiphany at the Izmailovsky Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov) 
Christian Orthodox believers swim to retrieve a cross from the Drina river during Epiphany celebrations in Visegrad, Bosnia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Armin Durgut) 
Lithuanian Orthodox believers bathe in icy water shortly after midnight during a traditional Epiphany celebration in a lake near Vilnius, Lithuania, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mindaugas Kulbis) 
A priest blesses the icy water before celebrating the Orthodox Epiphany near the St. Serafimovsky Monastery on Russian Island in the Russian far east port Vladivostok, Russia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo) 
Priests pull Christian Orthodox believers from the cold water of the Danube river in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic) 
Supporters of President Donald Trump pray while watching inauguration ceremonies taking place at the U.S. Capitol on screens at Capitol One Arena in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein) 
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance, left, attend a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins) 
President Donald Trump, from front row left, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance, his wife Usha Vance, and from back row left, Eric Trump, his wife Lara Trump, their children Carolina and Luke, and Tiffany Trump attend a prayer service at the Washington National Cathedral, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) 
The Rt. Rev. Mariann Budde leads a prayer service attended by President Donald Trump at the Washington National Cathedral, Jan. 21, 2025, in Washington. (RNS photo/Jack Jenkins) 
The Rev. Al Sharpton, center, leads an oath to support DEI at Metropolitan AME Church during a Martin Luther King Day rally organized by the National Action Network, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (RNS photo/Adelle M. Banks) 
A billboard congratulating U.S. President-elect Donald Trump hangs on the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg) 
President-elect Donald Trump talks with Vice President-elect JD Vance and Usha Vance as he arrives for a service at St. John’s Church, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025, in Washington, ahead of the 60th Presidential Inauguration. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) 
Displaced Palestinians flash V-sign as they return to Rafah, while a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas went into effect, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Mariam Dagga) 
Israelis celebrate the release of three hostages who had been held captive by Hamas in Gaza as they gather in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo) Archival Photos 
The “Big Three” of the civil rights movement, from left, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. Fred Shuttlesworth and the Rev. Ralph Abernathy, put their heads together just before releasing a May 10, 1963 statement, as part of the negotiations to end the Birmingham campaign. (RNS archive photo) 
Friends and relatives of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. pray alongside his grave in Atlanta on Apr. 4, 1981, during a ceremony marking the 13th anniversary of Dr. King’s assassination. The Rev. Joseph Lowery, right, is shown leading the group, which included, from far left: Martin Luther King III; Coretta Scott King, the slain leader’s wife; Christine Farris, his sister, and his father, the Rev. Martin Luther King Sr. Meanwhile in New York, 1300 people marched to Herald Square from outlying areas, to commemorate the occasion. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) 
The Rev. Bernard Braskamp, right at microphone, chaplain of the House since 1949, leads Representatives in prayer to open the second session of the 84th Congress on Jan. 3, 1956, in Washington, D.C.. Standing at top center is Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. (RNS archive photo. Photo courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society.) | 
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