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  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
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  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200829_AH2_825...jpg
  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200829_AH2_826...jpg
  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200829_AH2_830...jpg
  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200829_AH2_828...jpg
  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200829_AH2_828...jpg
  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200829_AH2_827...jpg
  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200829_AH2_826...jpg
  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
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  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200829_AH2_825...jpg
  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20200829_AH2_822...jpg
  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
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  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
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  • 29 August 2020, Ljusdal, Sweden: People in the village of Karsjö in the county of Hälsingland mark an ’Evening of light’ as summer is coming to an end. The relatively new tradition has been marked annually in the county for some 30 years, as a way of expressing gratitude and of bidding farewell to summer by lighting candles along lakes and riversides, to light up the darkness that comes with autumn and winter. People in the village of Karsjö, located in the parish of Järvsö, Ljusdal municipality, and home to some 100 permanent residents, mark the occasion by the side of the river Ljusnan, where the village is located.
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  • Participants light candles during a July 19 interfaith prayer service, held at the Roman Catholic Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban, South Africa, during the 2016 International AIDS Conference.
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  • Participants light candles during a July 19 interfaith prayer service, held at the Roman Catholic Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban, South Africa, during the 2016 International AIDS Conference.
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  • Participants light candles during a July 19 interfaith prayer service, held at the Roman Catholic Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban, South Africa, during the 2016 International AIDS Conference.
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  • Participants light candles during a July 19 interfaith prayer service, held at the Roman Catholic Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban, South Africa, during the 2016 International AIDS Conference.
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  • Participants light candles during a July 19 interfaith prayer service, held at the Roman Catholic Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban, South Africa, during the 2016 International AIDS Conference.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160719_DSC_305...jpg
  • Participants light candles during a July 19 interfaith prayer service, held at the Roman Catholic Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban, South Africa, during the 2016 International AIDS Conference.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20160719_DSC_306...jpg
  • 23 November 2022, Bethlehem, Palestine: Light falls onto the floor and wall inside the Basilica of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
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  • Cape Blanco Light is a lighthouse on Cape Blanco, Oregon,
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  • Heceta Head Light is a lighthouse on the Oregon Coast 13 miles north of Florence in the United States. It is located at Heceta Head Lighthouse State Scenic Viewpoint, an Oregon state park, midway up a 205-foot tall headland. Built in 1894, the 56-foot tall lighthouse shines a beam visible for 21 nautical miles, making it the strongest light on the Oregon Coast.
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  • 22 November 2022, Jerusalem, Palestine: A group of women light prayer candles inside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem.
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  • 27 March 2022, Moshi, Tanzania: Light shines through stained glass windows as Sunday service gathers several hundred congregants in the Moshi Lutheran Cathedral, in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania’s northern diocese. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to LWF/Albin Hillert upon publication.]
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  • Comet Neowise appears in the night sky over Oregon's Mount Washington on July 17, 2020. Both the comet's tails are visible. According to NASA, the lower tail, which appears broad and fuzzy, is the dust tail created when dust lifts off the surface of the comet’s nucleus and trails behind the comet in its orbit. The less visible upper tail is the ion tail, which is made up of gases that have been ionized by losing electrons in the sun’s intense light.<br />
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The comet is named after the telescope that first discovered it in March, 2020, the Near Earth Orbit Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Launched in 2009, the telescope’s mission was to find any object that could pose an impact hazard to the Earth. According to NASA, the comet, about 3 miles in diameter, will pass harmlessly by the Earth at a distance of about 63 million miles.<br />
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To the left of the comet, a satellite can be observed by the straight line it produces during this three-second exposure. On top of Mt. Washington, the light of a climber can be seen on the summit.
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  • 16 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: Morning light over mountains and valleys near Jerash city. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 15 June 2017, Nairobi, Kenya: Evening light through bushes in central Nairobi.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, World Council of Churches general sectretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20171210_AHP_428...jpg
  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here to the right, Church of Norway's Berit Hagen Agøy.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20171210_AHP_412...jpg
  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, Kerje Vindenes from "No to Nuclear Weapons", one of the partners in ICAN. Vindenes has been active in the organization since the 80s, and he explains that through the 80s and the 90s, they were instrumental in mobilizing people across Norway against nuclear weapons.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, Merete (mother) and Alma, child, who have joined the march to support the peace work that ICAN and its partners do.
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  • Pimer Oliver takes part in a women's self-help group led by the Kucwiny Integrated Food Security Project and supported by World Renew. In the group they have a village savings and loans which she has taken part in, with the profits of her work, she has bought a solar light for her house, that allows the children to study.
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  • 18 November 2018, Bogotá, Colombia: School children lead a candle light ceremony. The church of San Lucas ('Saint Lucas') of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia, brings together a congregation of some 100 people in the southern areas of Bogotá. Located in the Kennedy area, the church has recently celebrated 50 years. As part of its ministry, the church runs a school and college, The Colegio Evangelico Luterano de Colombia (CELCO) San Lucas, offering education to just over 1,000 students aged 3-18. The school started as a social initiative offering care for children aged 0-4 in Bogotá's less wealthy neighbourhood, allowing the parents opportunities to go to work. 36 years after its foundation, the school employs 56 staff, of which 36 are teachers.
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  • 14 April 2019, Jerusalem: Palm People light candles before Sunday service at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, World Council of Churches general sectretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, Anne Grete (left) and Kari (right), who have been active in "No to Atomic Bombs" in Norway, one of the partners in ICAN, for more than 40 years.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, ICAN representatives Setsuko Thurlow and Beatrice Fihn greeting the crowd by Grand Hotel.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, a group of Hibakusha.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
    PhotoByAlbinHillert_20171210_AHP_428...jpg
  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, Hayley Ramsay-Jones from Soka Gakkai International. Soka Gakkai is a worldwide Buddhist network which promotes peace, culture and education through personal transformation and social contribution. It is a Japanese religious movement founded in 1930.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, Merete (mother) and Alma, child, who have joined the march to support the peace work that ICAN and its partners do.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, World Council of Churches general sectretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, a group of Hibakusha.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • Participants light candles during a July 19 interfaith prayer service, held at the Roman Catholic Emmanuel Cathedral in Durban, South Africa, during the 2016 International AIDS Conference.
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  • 16 February 2020, Amman, Jordan: Morning light over sandstone near Jerash city. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 25 February 2020, Jerusalem: A student works behind a curtain because of the strong light emitted from a exercise in Metal Work at the vocational training centre in Beit Hanina. The Lutheran World Federation's vocational training centre in Beit Hanina offers vocational training for Palestinian youth across a range of different professions, providing them with the tools needed to improve their chances of finding work. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 26 October 2017, Prague, Czech Republic: Electric candles light the floor in one of Prague Old Town's old underground locales.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, ICAN representatives Setsuko Thurlow and Beatrice Fihn greeting the crowd by Grand Hotel.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, World Council of Churches general sectretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, World Council of Churches general sectretary Rev. Dr Olav Fykse Tveit.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 18 November 2018, Bogotá, Colombia: School children lead a candle light ceremony. The church of San Lucas ('Saint Lucas') of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Colombia, brings together a congregation of some 100 people in the southern areas of Bogotá. Located in the Kennedy area, the church has recently celebrated 50 years. As part of its ministry, the church runs a school and college, The Colegio Evangelico Luterano de Colombia (CELCO) San Lucas, offering education to just over 1,000 students aged 3-18. The school started as a social initiative offering care for children aged 0-4 in Bogotá's less wealthy neighbourhood, allowing the parents opportunities to go to work. 36 years after its foundation, the school employs 56 staff, of which 36 are teachers.
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  • 26 October 2017, Prague, Czech Republic: Electric candles light the floor in one of Prague Old Town's old underground locales.
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  • 14 April 2019, Jerusalem: Palm People light candles before Sunday service at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, in the Old City of Jerusalem.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, a group of Hibakusha.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, ICAN representatives Setsuko Thurlow and Beatrice Fihn greeting the crowd by Grand Hotel.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, Yoshiko Tanaka, who survived the bombing of Hiroshima as the only one among her friends at school. Scars running deep, it’s only for a few years that she has spoken publicly about her experience.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, Tor Magne.
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  • 10 December 2017, Oslo, Norway: In the evening of 10 December some 4,000 people from around the world gathered in central Oslo for a torch light march for peace. The event took place after the Nobel Peace Prize award 2017, awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), for "its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons". Among the crowd were more than 20 "Hibakusha", survivors of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as well as a range of activists, faith-based organizations and others who work or support work for peace, in one or another way. Here, a group of Hibakusha.
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  • Comet Neowise appears in the night sky over Oregon's Mount Washington on July 17, 2020. Both the comet's tails are visible. According to NASA, the lower tail, which appears broad and fuzzy, is the dust tail created when dust lifts off the surface of the comet’s nucleus and trails behind the comet in its orbit. The less visible upper tail is the ion tail, which is made up of gases that have been ionized by losing electrons in the sun’s intense light.<br />
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The comet is named after the telescope that first discovered it in March, 2020, the Near Earth Orbit Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer. Launched in 2009, the telescope’s mission was to find any object that could pose an impact hazard to the Earth. According to NASA, the comet, about 3 miles in diameter, will pass harmlessly by the Earth at a distance of about 63 million miles.
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  • The Rev. Cindy Roberts disassembles lanterns following a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States. Donohew is pastor of Brownsville UMC in the U.S. state of Washington. Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • A participant in a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • A participant holds a lantern during a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • A participant disassembles lanterns following a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • Participants parade with silk batik salmon windsocks during a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. As it got dark, the windsocks were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • Students learn about electricity with a hand-cranked generator and light bulb in the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The Loreto Sisters began a secondary school for girls in 2008, with students from throughout the country, but soon after added a primary in response to local community demands.
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  • Students learn about electricity with a hand-cranked generator and light bulb in the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The Loreto Sisters began a secondary school for girls in 2008, with students from throughout the country, but soon after added a primary in response to local community demands.
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  • Cape Blanco Light is a lighthouse on Cape Blanco, Oregon,
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  • A participant in a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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The quadrennial gathering is considering a wide variety of policy proposals, including several related to the environment, among them a move to divest the denomination's pension funds from companies profiting from fossil fuels. Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • A young participant holds a lantern during a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • Participants parade with silk batik salmon windsocks during a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. As it got dark, the windsocks were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • Tara Barnes, the editor of response, the magazine of United Methodist Women, holds a lantern during a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • Karen Nelson holds lanterns during a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • Sung-ok Lee holds a lantern during a May 12 climate vigil outside the 2016 United Methodist General Conference in Portland, Ore. The lanterns were lit with a small solar light that following the vigil were sent to community groups in the Philippines, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the United States.<br />
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Lee is assistant general secretary for Christian social action for United Methodist Women.<br />
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Photo by Paul Jeffrey.
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  • Students learn about electricity with a hand-cranked generator and light bulb in the Loreto Primary School in Rumbek, South Sudan. The Loreto Sisters began a secondary school for girls in 2008, with students from throughout the country, but soon after added a primary in response to local community demands.
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  • 26 August 2022, Karlsruhe, Germany: A young woman lights candles in preparation for a prayer service held in the Saint Stephen Church in Karlsruhe, with songs from Taizé, observed by a group of young people gathered for 'the Ecumenical Youth Gathering', one of the pre-assemblies taking place to mobilize different groups of participants in the lead-up to the World Council of Churches 11th Assembly. The 11th Assembly of the World Council of Churches is held in Karlsruhe, Germany from 31 August to 8 September, under the theme "Christ's Love Moves the World to Reconciliation and Unity.
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  • 3 June 2018, Novi Sad, Serbia: A congregant lights a candle to pray as they await Sunday service in the Eastern Orthodox Cathedral Church of the Holy Great Martyr George. On 31 May - 6 June 2018, in Novi Sad, Serbia, the Serbian Orthodox Church stood as one of the host churches of the Conference of European Churches General Assembly. More than 400 delegates, advisors, stewards, youth, staff, and distinguished guests took part in the Assembly and related events, gathered under the theme, “You shall be my witnesses".
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  • 16 June 2019, Geneva, Switzerland: Gathered in Saint Peter's Cathedral in central Geneva, five Christian traditions celebrate the 20th anniversary of the historic Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification. Through a prayer service, leaders of Lutheran, Roman Catholic, Methodist, Reformed and Anglican global church bodies reaffirm their commitment to unity, joint witness and service. Emma van Dorp, a theology student from the Reformed congregation, lights five symbolic candles on the altar as the church leaders affirm the “wish to make more visible our common witness in worship and service, on our journey together towards visible unity.” [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 23 October 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Johannes Zeiler from the Church of Sweden lights candles at morning prayer. Gathered in Addis Ababa from 23-27 October 2019, Lutherans from across the globe join in consultation under the theme of ’We believe in the Holy Spirit: Global Perspectives on Lutheran Identities’. Hosted by the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, the consultation is the first phase of a study process on Lutheran identities. [Image captured on assignment for the Lutheran World Federation, whose member churches and partners can use it free of charge to report about the LWF’s work, with credit to ’LWF/Albin Hillert’ upon publication.]
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  • 15 April 2019, Jerusalem: Lights burn in the Saint Anne's Basilica.
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