Jewish festival of Sukkot - in pictures

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man uses a magnifying glass to check an etrog fruit for blemishes at a market in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

A man carries a light fitting for his sukkah – a temporary shelter used during the festival – in Broughton, Greater Manchester Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Children carry palms to be used as a roof for their sukkah in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA

A man checks for blemishes on lulav, fronds from a palm tree, as Jewish men and boys buy last-minute gifts and sukkah decorations at a late-night pop-up ‘sukkahmart’ in Broughton, Greater Manchester Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

Menachem Stolzberg constructs a sukkah at Satmar Yetev Lev Shul synagogue in Broughton, Greater Manchester Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

A man inspects an etrog, used during the celebration of Sukkot, in Jerusalem Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

Jewish children put up decorations in their family sukkah in Salford Photograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

A man checks a myrtle branch for blemishes at a market in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood Photograph: Baz Ratner/Reuters

Children carry palm branches in Bnei Brak Photograph: Jack Guez/AFP/Getty Images

A man inspects an etrog in Bnei Brak Photograph: Oded Balilty/AP

A street vendor sells pictures of rabbis to decorate sukkahs in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood Photograph: Bernat Armangue/AP

A man examines a myrtle branch for blemishes at a market in Jerusalem Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters

Sukkahs in the ultra-Orthodox Jerusalem neighbourhood of Mea Shearim Photograph: Abir Sultan/EPA