Friday, October 6th, 2023
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men hold willows to perform the Hoshana Rabbah prayer on the seventh day of the weeklong Jewish holiday of Sukkot, next to one of the gates to the Temple Mount, known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary, or the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. The holiday commemorates the Israelites 40 years of wandering in the desert and a decorated hut is erected outside religious households as a sign of temporary shelter. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)