Christian choir boys take part in the Palm Sunday procession as they walk on the Mount of Olives on 16 March 2008 retracing the route taken by Jesus Christ as he entered the city of Jerusalem at the beginning of Holy Week, leading up to His crucifixion. Behind is the walled Old City of Jerusalem with its distinctive golden Dome of the Rock.

  Christian pilgrims lift their hands in song as they walk with palm branches on the Mount of Olives on Palm Sunday, 16 March 2008, retracing the route taken by Jesus Christ to enter Jerusalem at the beginning of Holy Week, leading up to His crucifixion. Behind is the walled Old City of Jerusalem with its distinctive golden Dome of the Rock. Behind the done is the Churh of the Holy Sepulchre.

  A pilgrim, carries a large wooden cross on the Mount of Olives as he joins the Palm Sunday procession on 16 March 2006 and retraces the route taken by Jesus Christ into the city of Jerusalem as he began His Holy Week leading up to His crucifixion. A Palestinian boy with a Palm branch is at right.