During the Muslim fasting month, Jerusalemites and pilgrims from the West Bank attend Friday prayers and do their shopping for Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Islam's third holiest city.

Left: The golden Dome of the Rock on Jerusalem's Temple Mount stands illuminated in the Old City.

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Muslim part of Jerusalem Old City decorated during Ramadan, the fasting month. The walled city is divided into four quarters, Muslim, Jewish, Christian and Armenian.

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A baker prepares fresh flat bread, a staple of the Arab diet, in Jerusalem's Old City.

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Relaxing with a water pipe or a shisha is a popular past-time after breaking fast. This is taken outside the entrance to the al-Aqsa Mosque where some are headed for final prayers for the day.

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Israeli Arab men going for Friday prayers. Muslim men below the age of 45 from the Palestinian West Bank are not allow to enter Jerusalem for prayers due to Israeli security concerns.

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Muslims walk up the slope to the Lion Gate of Jerusalem's Old City, which leads to the Muslim quarter.

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Israeli security forces watch the Muslim faithful arriving for Friday prayers in Jerusalem, during which surveillance in the Old City is increased.

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More pilgrims arrive for Friday prayers at Jerusalem's al-Aqsa Mosque.

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Two Muslim men pass by a display of prayer mats for sale on the way to the mosque.

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A Muslim man uses his prayer mat on his head as a shield from the noonday sun.

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Women from the West Bank villages sell produce to pilgrims shopping after Friday noonday prayers.

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Israeli police stop a woman from from displaying her wares along a busy walkway in Jerusalem.

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Inside the Muslim quarter of the Old City after Friday prayers.

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The Damascus Gate of Jerusalem's Old City after Friday prayers.

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Pilgrims leave Jerusalem's Old City after Friday prayers.

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A young street vendor outside Jerusalem's Damascus Gate.

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Traditional Arab headscarves alongside Ramadan decorations for sale in East Jerusalem, the Palestinian part of the holy city annexed in 1967 and currently controlled by Israel.

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A young bread seller along Nablus Road in Arab East Jerusalem.

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Pilgrims cool off in the dry summer heat at the water fountain outside Jerusalem's Old City.

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Pilgrims cool off in the dry summer heat at the water fountain outside Jerusalem's Old City.

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Pilgrims jostle to get on the bus back to the Palestinian West Bank.

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