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Relatives and volunteers carry bodies on stretchers at the Sikandrarao hospital in Hathras district in northern India on Tuesday. A stampede among thousands of people at a religious gathering killed more than 120 and left scores injured, officials said.
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A statue of Moses smashing the tablets of the 10 Commandments is on display in the atrium of Hebrew Union College in Los Angeles. The 17-foot-tall sculpture is on loan from the Skirball Cultural Center. Jason DeRose hide caption

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Louisiana mandate stirs debate about what the 10 Commandments and their purpose

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An image of 15-year-old Carlo Acutis is unveiled during his beatification ceremony at the St. Francis Basilica in Assisi, Italy, in October 2020. Gregorio Borgia/AP hide caption

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A copy of the Ten Commandments is seen along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol on June 20 in Atlanta. Civil liberties groups filed a lawsuit on June 24 challenging Louisiana’s new law that requires the Ten Commandments to be displayed in every public school classroom. John Bazemore/AP hide caption

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Pastor Robert Morris applauds during a roundtable discussion at Gateway Church in Dallas on June 11, 2020. A statement issued on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, said that Morris has resigned after a woman said he had abused her on multiple occasions in the 1980s, beginning when she was 12. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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In Jonathan Merritt's new book My Guncle and Me, a little boy's gay uncle helps him understand that being different makes him special. Hachette Book Group hide caption

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Jonathan Merritt's book reminds kids what makes them different makes them special

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A man affected by the scorching heat is helped by another Muslim pilgrim and a police officer during the Hajj pilgrimage in Mina on June 16. Fadel Senna/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Hundreds of Muslim pilgrims died in heat-stricken Hajj to Mecca

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Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday. Above, workers repaint a Ten Commandments billboard off of Interstate 71 near Chenoweth, Ohio, on Nov. 7, 2023. Carolyn Kaster/AP hide caption

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Lamor Whitehead, pastor of a Brooklyn church, has been sentenced to nine years in prison, after a federal jury found him guilty of multiple counts of fraud. He's seen here in 2022, attending the Billionaires Row & Dingers Squad VIPs event in Huntington, N.Y. Jared Siskin/Getty Images for Jane Owen Public Relations hide caption

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Paramedics carry a Muslim pilgrim for a medical check after he fell down due to a heat stroke near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, June 16, 2024. Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia, which marks the final days of the Hajj, or Islamic pilgrimage, and the start of the Eid al-Adha celebrations for Muslims around the world. Rafiq Maqbool/AP hide caption

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Pope Francis leaves evening prayers in the Vatican Gardens on June 7. The pope will meet this week with G7 leaders to talk about the ethics of artificial intelligence. Alessandra Tarantino/POOL/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Pope Francis, the G7 and artificial intelligence

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At a march in support of Israel, one woman holds a sign saying, "Christians Stand with Israel." Getty Images hide caption

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Pope Francis leaves a mass on World Children's Day at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican on May 26. Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Pope Francis apologizes for using slur referring to gay men

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Evangelicals from Brazil wade, pray and get baptized in the Jordan river in Israel on May 11, 2024 Maya Levin for NPR Maya Levin/Maya Levin hide caption

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Synagogue leaders and members are working to cultivate compassion for the many sides in the Israel-Hamas conflict. Nam Y. Huh/AP hide caption

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Synagogues Talk About Israel-Hamas War

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Anti-abortion activists who describe themselves as "abolitionists" protest outside a fertility clinic in North Carolina in April 2024. Sarah McCammon/NPR hide caption

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Anti-abortion hardliners want restrictions to go farther. It could cost Republicans

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Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker speaks to the media during NFL football Super Bowl 58 opening night on Feb. 5, 2024, in Las Vegas. Butker railed against Pride month along with President Biden's leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic and his stance on abortion during a commencement address at Benedictine College last weekend. Charlie Riedel/AP hide caption

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Kobie Talmoud, 16, left, a student at John F. Kennedy High School in Silver Spring, Md., speaks with Karla Silvestre, President of the Montgomery Count (Md.) Board of Education, after a congressional hearing on antisemitism in K-12 public schools. Jacquelyn Martin/AP hide caption

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President Joe Biden speaks during an event in Virginia on Jan. 23, to campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in the upcoming presidential election. Susan Walsh/AP hide caption

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