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Gaza Journalist Killed In Drone Strike

(EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death) Mourners stand in rows before the bodies of Palestinians laid on stretchers ahead of a funeral prayer in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on December 2, 2025. One of the victims is Palestinian press member Mahmud Wadi, who was killed in an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle strike; relatives and colleagues gathered after collecting his body from Nasser Hospital. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Gaza Journalist Killed In Drone Strike

(EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death) Mourners stand in rows before the body of Palestinian press member Mahmud Wadi laid on stretchers ahead of a funeral prayer in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on December 2, 2025. Wadi was killed in an Israeli unmanned aerial vehicle attack, and relatives and colleagues received his body from Nasser Hospital before the burial. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Silent Prayer at Beirut Port Blast Site - Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV offers a silent prayer at the site of the August 2020 Beirut port explosions on December 02, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon, on the last day of his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Silent Prayer at Beirut Port Blast Site - Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV offers a silent prayer at the site of the August 2020 Beirut port explosions on December 02, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon, on the last day of his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Silent Prayer at Beirut Port Blast Site - Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV offers a silent prayer at the site of the August 2020 Beirut port explosions on December 02, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon, on the last day of his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Silent Prayer at Beirut Port Blast Site - Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV offers a silent prayer at the site of the August 2020 Beirut port explosions on December 02, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon, on the last day of his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Silent Prayer at Beirut Port Blast Site - Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV offers a silent prayer at the site of the August 2020 Beirut port explosions on December 02, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon, on the last day of his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Silent Prayer at Beirut Port Blast Site - Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV offers a silent prayer at the site of the August 2020 Beirut port explosions on December 02, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon, on the last day of his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon. Photo by (EV) Simone Risoluti/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Leads Silent Prayer at Beirut Port Blast Site - Lebanon

Pope Leo XIV offers a silent prayer at the site of the August 2020 Beirut port explosions on December 02, 2025 in Beirut, Lebanon, on the last day of his Apostolic Journey to Lebanon. Photo by (EV) Elisabetta Trevisan/ Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits The Tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf - Lebanon

Pope Leo greets pilgrims at the Monastery of St. Maroun in Annaya, Lebanon on December 1, 2025, after a prayer at the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf , during the second day of his Apostolic visit to Lebanon. Canonized in 1977, this Lebanese Maronite monk and hermit lived from 1828 to 1898 and led a life of extreme asceticism. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for holiness, and for his ability to unite Christians, Muslims and Druze. He is known among Lebanese Christians as the ‘Miracle Monk of Lebanon. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Visits The Tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf - Lebanon

Pope Leo poses with the monks at the Monastery of St. Maroun in Annaya, Lebanon on December 1, 2025, after a prayer at the tomb of Saint Charbel Makhlouf , during the second day of his Apostolic visit to Lebanon. Canonized in 1977, this Lebanese Maronite monk and hermit lived from 1828 to 1898 and led a life of extreme asceticism. During his life, he obtained a wide reputation for holiness, and for his ability to unite Christians, Muslims and Druze. He is known among Lebanese Christians as the ‘Miracle Monk of Lebanon. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Palestinian Family Endures Repeated Displacement - West Bank

Men stand in prayer inside a mosque as seen through an open window in Ras Ein Al-Auja, West Bank, on November 28, 2025. The surrounding area has seen repeated displacements of Bedouin families, including the Mleihat family, who say they have been forced to move several times due to mounting pressure on rural Palestinian communities in the Jordan Valley. Photo by Wahaj Bani Moufleh/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople (Left) and Karekin II, Supreme Patriarch and Catholicos of All Armenians (right), attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV Meets With The Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople

Pope Leo XIV accompanied by Sahak II Marshalian, Armenian Apostolic Patriarch of Constantinople, attends a prayer visit to the Armenian Apostolic Cathedral in Istanbul, Turkey on November 30, 2025 on the fourth day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV With Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - Turkey

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I sign a Joint Declaration reaffirming their commitment to the path toward full communion and forcefully rejecting any use of religion to justify violence after a prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV With Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - Turkey

Pope Leo XIV joins the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I for a prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV With Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - Turkey

Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I sign a Joint Declaration reaffirming their commitment to the path toward full communion and forcefully rejecting any use of religion to justify violence after a prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV With Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - Turkey

Pope Leo XIV joins the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I for a prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV With Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - Turkey

Pope Leo XIV joins the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I for a prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV With Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - Turkey

Pope Leo XIV joins the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I for a prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV With Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - Turkey

Pope Leo XIV attends a prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV With Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I - Turkey

Pope Leo XIV joins the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople Bartholomew I for a prayer service at the Patriarchal Church of Saint George in Istanbul, Turkey on November 29, 2025 on the third day of the Pope’s Apostolic Journey to Turkey. Photo by (EV) Vatican Media/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At Istanbul Cathedral - Turkiye

Pope Leo XIV attends a meeting and prayer with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and pastoral workers at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (St Esprit cathedral) in Istanbul, Turkiye on November 28, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At Istanbul Cathedral - Turkiye

Pope Leo XIV attends a meeting and prayer with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and pastoral workers at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (St Esprit cathedral) in Istanbul, Turkiye on November 28, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Pope Leo XIV At Istanbul Cathedral - Turkiye

Pope Leo XIV attends a meeting and prayer with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated men and women, and pastoral workers at the Cathedral of the Holy Spirit (St Esprit cathedral) in Istanbul, Turkiye on November 28, 2025. Photo by Vatican Media/Catholic Press Photo/IPA/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral in Khan Yunis

Palestinian mourners gather to perform the funeral prayer in front of two bodies wrapped in shrouds, killed by Israeli shelling, in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 26, 2025. Several people attended the farewell ceremony inside the hospital. The Nasser Medical Complex continues to receive large numbers of dead and wounded due to the ongoing Israeli operations across the Gaza Strip. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral in Khan Yunis

Palestinian mourners pick up one of two bodies wrapped in shrouds, killed by Israeli shelling, to carry after performing the funeral prayer in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 26, 2025. Several people attended the farewell ceremony inside the hospital. The Nasser Medical Complex continues to receive large numbers of dead and wounded due to the ongoing Israeli operations across the Gaza Strip. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral in Khan Yunis

Palestinian mourners gather to perform the funeral prayer in front of two bodies wrapped in shrouds, killed by Israeli shelling, in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 26, 2025. Several people attended the farewell ceremony inside the hospital. The Nasser Medical Complex continues to receive large numbers of dead and wounded due to the ongoing Israeli operations across the Gaza Strip. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral in Khan Yunis

Palestinian mourners gather to perform the funeral prayer in front of two bodies wrapped in shrouds, killed by Israeli shelling, in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 26, 2025. Several people attended the farewell ceremony inside the hospital. The Nasser Medical Complex continues to receive large numbers of dead and wounded due to the ongoing Israeli operations across the Gaza Strip. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral in Khan Yunis

Palestinian mourners pick up one of two bodies wrapped in shrouds, killed by Israeli shelling, to carry after performing the funeral prayer in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 26, 2025. Several people attended the farewell ceremony inside the hospital. The Nasser Medical Complex continues to receive large numbers of dead and wounded due to the ongoing Israeli operations across the Gaza Strip. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral in Khan Yunis

Palestinian mourners carry a body wrapped in a white shroud, killed by Israeli shelling, after performing the funeral prayer in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 26, 2025. Several people attended the farewell ceremony inside the hospital. The Nasser Medical Complex continues to receive large numbers of dead and wounded due to the ongoing Israeli operations across the Gaza Strip. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral in Khan Yunis

Palestinian mourners gather to perform the funeral prayer in front of two bodies wrapped in shrouds, killed by Israeli shelling, in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 26, 2025. Several people attended the farewell ceremony inside the hospital. The Nasser Medical Complex continues to receive large numbers of dead and wounded due to the ongoing Israeli operations across the Gaza Strip. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Funeral in Khan Yunis

Palestinian mourners carry a body wrapped in a white shroud, killed by Israeli shelling, after performing the funeral prayer in the Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, on November 26, 2025. Several people attended the farewell ceremony inside the hospital. The Nasser Medical Complex continues to receive large numbers of dead and wounded due to the ongoing Israeli operations across the Gaza Strip. Photo by Doaa Albaz/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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China: Loyal Dog Tries to Pull Owner Away From Giant Prayer Wheel

In Shangri-La, Yunnan, on November 7, a dog tried to pull its owner away from the massive Dukezong Great Prayer Wheel as he pushed it during a ritual, amusing onlookers who called it “the most considerate prayer companion.”

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Zelenskyy At The Ceremony in Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor - Kyiv

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska honored the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, as well as the mass man-made famines of 1921–1922 and 1946–1947. At the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Head of State and his wife participated in a prayer service commemorating the Holodomor victims in Ukraine, on November 22, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Handout photo by Ukrainian Presidency Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelenskyy At The Ceremony in Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor - Kyiv

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska honored the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, as well as the mass man-made famines of 1921–1922 and 1946–1947. At the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Head of State and his wife participated in a prayer service commemorating the Holodomor victims in Ukraine, on November 22, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Handout photo by Ukrainian Presidency Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelenskyy At The Ceremony in Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor - Kyiv

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska honored the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, as well as the mass man-made famines of 1921–1922 and 1946–1947. At the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Head of State and his wife participated in a prayer service commemorating the Holodomor victims in Ukraine, on November 22, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Handout photo by Ukrainian Presidency Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Zelenskyy At The Ceremony in Memory of the Victims of the Holodomor - Kyiv

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska honored the victims of the Holodomor of 1932–1933, as well as the mass man-made famines of 1921–1922 and 1946–1947. At the Holy Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, the Head of State and his wife participated in a prayer service commemorating the Holodomor victims in Ukraine, on November 22, 2025 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Handout photo by Ukrainian Presidency Press Office via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilian Casualties Mount In Gaza

Mourners perform a funeral prayer beside a shrouded body in Gaza, Gaza Strip, on November 23, 2025. Five members of the Al-Khodari family were killed when an Israeli airstrike struck their home in central Gaza without prior warning, according to local sources. The attack caused heavy destruction and left surviving relatives devastated as emergency crews struggled to reach the area. Photo by Hashem Zimmo/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Civilian Casualties Mount In Gaza

Mourners perform a funeral prayer beside a shrouded body in Gaza, Gaza Strip, on November 23, 2025. Five members of the Al-Khodari family were killed when an Israeli airstrike struck their home in central Gaza without prior warning, according to local sources. The attack caused heavy destruction and left surviving relatives devastated as emergency crews struggled to reach the area. Photo by Hashem Zimmo/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM