OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) — Lamar Jackson and Derrick Henry have become one of the most formidable duos in the NFL, and that's a primary reason the Baltimore Ravens are back where they expect to be: atop the AFC North.
Jackson, a two-time MVP, is throwing the ball more efficiently than he has at any point in his seven-year career. He's ranked fourth in the league with a 107.3 passer rating and has thrown for nine touchdowns and one interception.
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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson reacts after teammate Derrick Henry scored on a touchdown run against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry runs with the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) scrambles as Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard (94) applies pressure during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry speaks to reporters following an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. The Ravens won 41-38 in overtime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson speaks to reporters following an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. The Ravens won 41-38 in overtime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Henry leads the NFL with 572 yards rushing through five games. He also became the 12th player in history with at least 10,000 rushing yards and 100 scrimmage touchdowns, joining the likes of Hall of Famers Jim Brown, Marshall Faulk, Franco Harris and Marcus Allen.
After opening the season with two losses, the Ravens have won three straight and are tied with Pittsburgh for first place in the division.
“I like where we are,” coach John Harbaugh said Monday. “We were in a good place. We are in a better place now because we continue to improve. We have a lot of improvement to do and a lot of opportunities to get better. So, I am excited about that opportunity.”
Harbaugh spoke a day after the Ravens' exciting 41-38 overtime victory at Cincinnati. Baltimore trailed by 10 points twice in the fourth quarter but Jackson threw a TD pass each time to keep it close.
After Henry was mostly contained throughout the game, he rumbled for a 51-yard gain in overtime that set up Justin Tucker's short game-winning field goal.
The Bengals stacked the box with extra defenders to contain the Ravens’ top-ranked rushing attack and Jackson responded by making plays through the air. Jackson was 26 of 42 for 348 yards and four touchdowns.
Henry finished with 92 yards on 15 carries with a touchdown. Signed as a free agent in March after eight seasons with Tennessee, Henry became the first Raven with a rushing touchdown in each of the first five games of a season.
The Ravens have another intriguing matchup next week against the Washington Commanders and their dynamic rookie quarterback, Jayden Daniels. He and Jackson are both Heisman Trophy winners — Jackson in 2016 and Daniels last year.
There could also be plenty of scoring. The Commanders are the league's highest-scoring game through five games, and the Ravens are No. 2.
“I see a really good quarterback,” Harbaugh said of Daniels. “Heck, he’s played five games now and he’s been one of the best in the league for five games as a rookie. We just have to look at him and how he fits into their offense and prepare for their offense. That’s a big challenge.”
The passing game. After the Ravens relied on the run in wins over Dallas and Buffalo, Jackson connected with nine receivers on Sunday. Zay Flowers had seven catches for 111 yards, both season highs.
The Ravens’ secondary has been susceptible to big plays. Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow picked them apart, going 30 of 39 for 392 yards with five touchdowns and an interception. Ja’Marr Chase had 10 receptions for 193 yards and two touchdowns. Baltimore ranks 31st in the NFL in passing yards allowed at 280.2 per game.
Justin Tucker missed field goal attempts in each of Baltimore's first three games. However, Tucker bounced back against the Bengals with a 56-yard kick to send the game to overtime before he made the game-ending 24-yarder in the extra period.
Safety Marcus Williams has struggled to make plays. He has 20 tackles, two passes defensed, and has yet to force a turnover. His challenges underscore the Ravens’ problems in the secondary.
RT Roger Rosengarten left in the second quarter with an ankle injury against Cincinnati but returned and finished the game. ... CB Marlon Humphrey was in a walking boot in the locker room following the game and declined to speak to reporters. Harbaugh said Monday the team avoided major injuries. … LG Andrew Vorhees missed his second straight game with an ankle injury but could return this week.
38 — Consecutive games in which the Ravens have rushed for more than 100 yards. That ties the 1935-39 Detroit Lions for the third-longest such streak in NFL history. Only the Ravens from 2018-21 and Pittsburgh Steelers from 1974-77 have longer streaks with 43.
The Ravens return to M&T Bank Stadium to play Washington, their regional rival. Baltimore leads the all-time series 4-3, but Washington has won two of the past three.
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Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson reacts after teammate Derrick Henry scored on a touchdown run against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry runs with the ball against the Cincinnati Bengals during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) scrambles as Cincinnati Bengals defensive end Sam Hubbard (94) applies pressure during the second half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Jeff Dean)
Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry speaks to reporters following an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. The Ravens won 41-38 in overtime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson speaks to reporters following an NFL football game against the Cincinnati Bengals, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024, in Cincinnati. The Ravens won 41-38 in overtime. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
NEW YORK (AP) — Commemorations and protests unfolded across the world on Monday to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel, an assault that sparked a war that has devastated the Hamas-ruled Gaza strip, fueled hostilities and bloodshed in other Mideast lands and ignited protests and divisions in farflung countries.
Those divisions were visible in New York, where a crowd gathered for an evening remembrance ceremony in Central Park even as a blocks-long column of pro-Palestinian protesters marched through midtown Manhattan.
Hamas militants' surprise cross-border attack last year killed about 1,200 people. Another 250 were taken hostage; around 100 remain in captivity, with many of them feared dead. The attack, on a major Jewish holiday, shattered Israelis’ sense of security and left the world facing the prospect of a major conflict in the Middle East.
Israel responded by waging a war against the Hamas militants in Gaza, where the fighting has killed over 41,000 people and displaced around 1.9 million. The conflict has spread in the region, where Israel now also is fighting Hezbollah militants in Lebanon, facing escalating threats from Yemen's Houthi rebels and contending with a mounting conflict with Iran, which backs Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis.
The Hamas-Israel war also has spurred demonstrations and stirred tensions in many U.S. locales, including college campuses and major cities.
In New York, protesters spread a large Palestinian flag on a street near the New York Stock Exchange early Monday afternoon, while a smaller group of counterprotesters held an Israeli flag. The pro-Palestinian group grew as it marched through Manhattan streets, avenues and landmarks, at one point holding a banner that read “war begets war” on the steps of the New York Public Library.
Associated Press journalists saw several people being taken into police custody at various points in the march. Police said multiple arrests were made; no further information was immediately available.
Meanwhile, New York’s mayor and governor were among those expected to attend the remembrance ceremony in Central Park.
At Philadelphia's Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History, Ellie Solomon was among a group of high school students who viewed an exhibition about the Tribe of Nova music festival in Re’im, Israel, where hundreds were killed.
“I feel like that really could have been me there,” said Solomon, who attends The Pingry School in New Jersey. Many festival attendees were close to her age, she noted.
“They all had very full lives, like lots of life ahead of them, just like we do," she said, adding that “it’s important for us to remember them and honor them because they didn’t deserve anything that happened to them.”
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro also toured the exhibition, saying that he hoped it gave visitors “an understanding of what really happened.”
“I think that in some segments of our society, we don’t have that knowledge,” said Shapiro, a Democrat. He added that he hoped visitors emerged “more tolerant, a bit more understanding and more committed to finding peace in our society and peace across the globe.”
The nations of Europe, home to many Jewish and Muslim communities, have sought to tamp down both antisemitic and anti-Muslim sentiment.
The German chancellery in Berlin was adorned Monday with a yellow ribbon commemorating the Israeli hostages taken by Hamas, around 100 of whom remain in captivity, with many of them feared dead. The names of the people killed and kidnapped in the attack on Israel were read out in front of the Brandenburg Gate.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz said to Germany’s “dear friends in Israel” that “we feel with you … we stand beside you.” Speaking to a conference in Hamburg, Scholz also pointed to the suffering of Palestinians in Gaza.
In Italy, Premier Giorgia Meloni, who has voiced strong support for Israel, visited the main synagogue in Rome. She reaffirmed Israel’s right to defend itself, while insisting that the country respect international law and lamenting the devastation unleashed by Israeli forces in Gaza.
She denounced what she called “latent and rampant antisemitism,” pointing to pro-Palestinian protests that sometimes turned violent in Italy this weekend.
French President Emmanuel Macron met in Paris with relatives of hostages and of people killed in the Oct. 7 attacks. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot attended a memorial service at the site of the Nova music festival.
The Vatican marked the anniversary by taking up a collection for the people of Gaza and publishing a letter from Pope Francis to Catholics in the region, expressing his solidarity.
In Poland's capital of Warsaw, the Jewish community paid tribute to Alex Dancyg, a Polish-born Holocaust educator and historian who was abducted from the Nir Oz kibbutz on Oct. 7. Israel believes he died in captivity.
In Australia, thousands of people remembered the Oct. 7 dead by attending vigils in Sydney and Melbourne, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese joining the latter event. Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters had rallied across Australia’s cities on Sunday, and hundreds gathered amid a heavy police presence Monday night at Sydney town hall for a vigil for Palestinian lives lost in the conflict.
In Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, schoolchildren took part in a pro-Palestinian rally organized by the Pakistan Markazi Muslim League party.
Japanese officials demanded the immediate release of all hostages and expressed condolences to Israelis who lost family members in the Hamas attacks.
Vejpongsa reported from Philadelphia and Spike from Budapest, Hungary. Associated Press journalists Jennifer Peltz, John Minchillo and Ted Shaffrey in New York, Geir Moulson in Berlin, Diane Jeantet in Paris, Nicole Winfield in Rome, Mari Yamaguchi in Tokyo, Vanessa Gera in Warsaw and Charlotte Graham-McLay in Wellington, New Zealand, contributed to this report.
EDS NOTE: OBSCENITY - People take part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Activist Greta Thunberg, left, attends a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Attendees march during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza, in Montreal, Canada, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
Police watch as attendees march near McGill University campus during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza, in Montreal, Canada, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
People take part in a pro-Palestinian rally in Berlin, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Pro-Palestinian protesters spread a Palestinian flag while demonstrating outside City Hall, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Pro-Palestinian protesters demonstrate outside City Hall, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
Pro-Palestinian Orthodox Jews demonstrate during a protest, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
People cross a bridge with the date 7.10, marking the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, in Ramat Gan, Israel, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
A woman views photos of Palestinian victims who were killed during the Israel war against Hamas, at a photo exhibition, (Gaza Habibti), Gaza my love, to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the war in the Gaza Strip, in Cairo, Egypt, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Thousands of Houthi supporters raise Hezbollah flags and posters of late leader Hassan Nasrallah during a rally to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the war in the Gaza Strip, in Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
An activist holds a picture of the hostage during a commemoration to mark the one-year anniversary of the Israel Hamas war in Madrid, Spain, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Manu Fernandez)
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated in solidarity with Israel, marking the first anniversary of the Hamas spearheaded attacks on Israel, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated in solidarity with Israel, marking the first anniversary of the Hamas spearheaded attacks on Israel, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated in solidarity with Israel, marking the first anniversary of the Hamas spearheaded attacks on Israel, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Attendees react during a pro-Palestinian demonstration on the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza in front of Concordia University in Montreal, Canada, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press via AP)
People hold pictures of hostages as they attend a pro-Israel vigil on the anniversary of a Hamas attack on Israel that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza in front of McGill University in Montreal, Canada, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian Press via AP)
People light 1200 candles in front of the synagogue in Duesseldorf, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, marking the first anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks on Israel. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
The Brandenburg Gate is illuminated with the flag of Israel in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, to mark the anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023. (Kay Nietfeld/dpa via AP)
Yuval Danzig, right, the son of a Polish-Israeli man kidnapped and killed by Hamas, helps to unveil a plaque honoring his father, Alex Dancyg, in the Jewish cemetery on the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack, in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Yuval Danzig, left, the son of a Polish-Israeli man kidnapped and killed by Hamas, and Poland's chief rabbi Michael Schudrich unveil a plaque honoring his father, Alex Dancyg, in the Jewish cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
Yuval Danzig, right, the son of a Polish-Israeli man kidnapped and killed by Hamas, helps to unveil a plaque honoring his father, Alex Dancyg, in the Jewish cemetery in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
A wreath is brought to a plaque honoring Alex Dancyg, a Polish-Israeli man who was kidnapped by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, and later killed, in Warsaw's Jewish cemetery on the one-year anniversary of the Hamas attack, in Warsaw, Poland, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
School children take part in a rally organized by Pakistan Markazi Muslim League party, to protest against Israeli airstrikes and to show solidarity with Palestinian people living in Gaza and Lebanon, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
School children take part in a rally organized by Pakistan Markazi Muslim League party, to protest against Israeli airstrikes and to show solidarity with Palestinian people living in Gaza and Lebanon, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Members of the Jewish community gather at a park in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, as mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Members of the Jewish community wave electronic candles as they gather at a park in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, as mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Members of the Jewish community gather at a park in Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024, as mourners marked the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Two women console each other after making a makeshift memorial as members of the Jewish community gather at a park to mark the anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attack, Sydney, Australia, on Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Rabi Yehuda Teichtal speaks at the synagogue of the Chabad community in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Survivor Alon Gat, Rabi Yehuda Teichtal and Berlin mayor Kai Wegner, centre from left, hold a candle-lighting ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Hamas spearheaded attacks on Israel, at the synagogue of the Chabad community in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People embrace after lightning candles at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Hamas spearheaded attacks on Israel, at the synagogue of the Chabad community in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People light candles at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the Hamas spearheaded attacks on Israel, at the synagogue of the Chabad community in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
A Yellow Ribbon displayed as the facade of the German Chancellor to show solidarity with Israel marking the first anniversary of the Hamas spearheaded attacks on Israel, in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
People attend the reading the names of the victims of the Hamas attack on Israel during a commemoration to mark the first anniversary of the attack, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Candles and flowers are laid at the entrance of the synagogue to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
Candles and flowers are laid at the entrance of the synagogue to mark the first anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, Frankfurt, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A man embraces a women at they attend the reading the names of the victims of the Hamas attack on Israel, during a commemoration to mark the first anniversary of the attack, at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
