Note: This photo gallery includes a photo of a book depicting graphic imagery from the Gaza War.

A prayer vigil for the Palestinian victims of the Gaza War began on Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi, and continued through the next day. Here is a collection of photos from the vigil.

Some people sit on the side of the road, one waving a Palestine flag
Representatives from both the Democratic Socialists of America and the Party for Socialism and Liberation were present at the vigil that began on Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press
A woman holds a candle at a vigil
A woman speaks at the vigil for Gaza and reads a poem by Rumi in honor of the victims of the Gaza War, on Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press
Two women holding signs at a Gaza vigil
Two women hold up signs at a vigil for the Palestinian victims of the Gaza War Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press
People hold a candlelight vigil at night
A woman stands with a candle as a poem by Rumi is read to those gathered at the Gaza vigil on Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi.. Photo by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press
People gathered at a vigil
Throughout the day, Gaza vigil attendees elicited honks of support from the cars passing the intersection on Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press
A woman in a blue head wrap speaks at a vigil
Candace Abdul-Tawwab, executive director for Mississippi for a Just World, reads off the names of children and infants killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza on Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press
A person holds open a book showing war injured children
A person holds a booklet produced by Mississippi for a Just World that shows images of the victims of the Gaza War on Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi. Tens of thousands of children have been injured or killed during the war. Photo by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press
A man speaks in front of a Palestinian flag
Emad Al-Turk recites names from a list of 60,199 victims of Israel’s war in Gaza at the intersection of Fortification and State Street on Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press
Palestine flags planted along the roadside
Palestinian flags dotted the roadside near the Children’s Hospital of Mississippi at the Gaza vigil on Oct. 20, 2025, in Jackson, Mississippi. Photo by Nick Judin, Mississippi Free Press

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Investigative Reporter Nick Judin joined the Jackson Free Press in 2019, initially covering the 2020 legislative session before spearheading the outlet's COVID-19 coverage. Now at the Mississippi Free Press, his award-winning coverage of the Jackson Water Crisis, mass evictions in rural Mississippi, and the Trump administration's deportation regime has earned international recognition. He continues to travel the state, covering poverty, corruption, infrastructure and immigration.