Snow in Jerusalem
Jerusalem has experienced its worst snowstorm in 20 years this week, as 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimetres) of snow piled up in the city centre and surrounding areas were covered even more deeply, paralysing public transport, roads and schools. Days of extreme weather across the region killed at least 17 people in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, along with dozens of deaths reported by opposition activists in Syria.
A man on skis poses for a photo in front of the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City. The snowstorm brought public transport to a halt and many vehicles that ventured onto roads got stuck, said Israeli official Elisha Peleg, who added that snow was 10 to 15 centimetres deep in the city centre.
Palestinian children play in the snow in front of the Dome of the Rock.
A pedestrian walks up a snow-covered street in the East Jerusalem neighbourhood of A-tur. The Palestinian meteorological institute said that snow levels in the Ramallah, East Jerusalem and Bethlehem areas had reached 10-20cm and as much as 30cm in Hebron.
Palestinians stand in the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City.
Snow covers the Russian Church in the neighbourhood of Ein Kerem and blankets the western outskirts of Jerusalem.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish couple walks in a snow-covered cemetery on Jerusalem's Mount of Olives.
A man prays at the Western Wall in the snowy weather.
People walk in front of the Western Wall and Dome of the Rock as snow falls in Jerusalem's Old City.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray at the Western Wall in the snow.
A custodian moves study desks by the Western Wall.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man looks out of a fogged up bus window.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews, wearing hats covered with plastic against the rain, talk in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood.
A pedestrian holds an umbrella during the stormy weather.
