Women of the Wall
Wrapped up together in a prayer shawl, a pair of believers cover their faces as they pray at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City.
The woman is a member of the Women of the Wall, a group opposed to police-enforced Orthodox controls at the Jerusalem holy site, where worshippers are segregated by sex in accordance with strict Jewish tradition.
Members of Women of the Wall pray at the holy site, which is the focus of worship and life-cycle events for Jews around the world.
Officers detain Lesley Sachs (centre), director of Women of the Wall. Police also led away four other women activists at the wall for wearing prayer shawls.
Police detained an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man after he burnt a book belonging to the Women of the Wall.
A woman watches men praying from behind a metal screen at the Western Wall.
Worshippers wrapped in prayer shawls take part in a special priestly blessing during the Jewish holiday of Passover.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish boy prays at the Western Wall.
A Jewish worshipper sleeps as he leans on the stones of the Western Wall during prayers marking Tisha B'Av.
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men sit in front of the wall.
Paper prayer notes are seen in the cracks of the Western Wall.
Women pray on one side of a partition.
Female worshippers touch and lean their heads against the wall as they pray.
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man stands hunched below a sign for restrooms at the Western Wall.
