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Israeli police officers guard the door leading to Al-Aqsa Mosque compound as Orthodox Jews pray and read from the book of Eicha (Book of Lamentations) to mark Tisha B'av, near The Western Wall, in the Old City of Jerusalem, 27 July 2023. In Judaism, the Tisha B'Av is an annual fast day to mark the destruction of the first and the second temple by the Babylonian and the Roman Empires in Jerusalem. During Tisha B'av, Ultra-Orthodox Jews stay up all night and sleep at the Western Wall as they recite lamentations focusing on the destruction of the ancient temple, that was located on the other side of the ancient wall, on the Temple Mount. (Photo by Abir Sultan/EPA/EFE/Rex Features/Shutterstock)
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