Rosh Hashana celebrations across the world

A Jewish worshipper blew the traditional shofar, made from an antelope’s horn, near the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in Jerusalem’s Old City on Friday, ahead of the Jewish New Year which started at sundown on Sunday.

Jewish worshippers prayed at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday.

Jewish worshippers prayed at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, as the sun rose in Jerusalem’s Old City on Sunday ahead of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The Dome of the Rock (left) and al-Aqsa mosque (right) on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount are seen in the background.

Jewish worshippers prayed at the Western Wall ahead of Rosh Hashana on Sunday.

Religious Jews participated in the Slichot or forgiveness prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site on the eve of the Jewish New Year.

Religious Jews participated in the Slichot or forgiveness prayer at the Western Wall on Sunday, the eve of the Jewish New Year.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City before the start the holiday of Rosh Hashana early Sunday.

A costumed person passed by Israeli border policemen guards as religious Jews participated in the Slichot or forgiveness prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in the old city of Jerusalem on Sunday.

Religious Jews participated in the Slichot or forgiveness prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, in the old city of Jerusalem on Sunday, the eve of the Jewish New Year.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jew adjusted a Tefillin, also known as phylacteries, during a prayer at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City before the start the holiday of Rosh Hashana, early Sunday.

Thousands of religious Jews participated in the Slichot or forgiveness prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site on Sunday.

Religious Jews participated in the Slichot or forgiveness prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site on Sunday.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jew prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City before the start the holiday of Rosh Hashana, early Sunday.

Religious Jews participated in the Slichot or forgiveness prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, on Sunday.

An Ultra-Orthodox Jew prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City before the start the holiday of Rosh Hashana on Sunday.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City before the start the holiday of Rosh Hashana on Sunday.

An Ultra-orthodox Jewish man blew a Shofar or ram’s horn as religious Jews participated in the Slichot or forgiveness prayer at the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest site, on Sunday.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews prayed at the Western Wall in Jerusalem’s Old City before the start the holiday of Rosh Hashana early Sunday.

People shopped at a food market in Jerusalem on Sunday ahead of Rosh Hashana.

People shopped at a food market in Jerusalem on Sunday ahead of Rosh Hashana.

A vendor sold fish at a market in Jerusalem on Sunday ahead of Rosh Hashana.

A boy looked at fish being sold at a market in Jerusalem.

A man wearing a kippah, the traditional Jewish headgear, and a woman with a headscarf took part in a demonstration on Saturday in Berlin. People were invited via an Internet call for the so-called Kippah-Stroll to point out a sign against anti-Semitism ahead of Rosh Hashana.

A boy played with a stuffed animal as he took part in a demonstration on Saturday in Berlin.

Two men took part in a demonstration on Saturday in front of the cathedral in Berlin.

A woman took part in a demonstration on Saturday in front of the cathedral in Berlin.

A man took part in a demonstration on Saturday in Berlin.