An Ultra-orthodox Jewish worshiper prays next to a police checkpoint in Jerusalem's old city August 3, 2006. Jews are marking today Tisha B'Av the ninth day in the Hebrew month of Av, the destruction of the First and Second Temples. Tisha B'av is one of the most solemn days in the Jewish calendar as it marks the destruction of both ancient Temples and the Western Wall, an outer retaining wall that dates from the Second Temple, and draws thousands of observant Jews who spend the night reciting prayers, laments and dirges as they mourn the Temples' destruction. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (ISRAEL)