In this July 6, 2015 photo, a Christian visitor pours water from the Jordan River over the head of another at the baptismal area on the eastern bank of the river in South Shuna, Jordan, as people, background, gather for their baptism on the western bank at the Israeli-run site located in a part of the West Bank. UNESCO recently designated Jordan's baptismal area a World Heritage site, over the Israeli-run site of Qasr al-Yahud in the West Bank, which is one of three territories captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war. Qasr al-Yahud remains under full Israeli military occupation. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
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