Worshipers pass through armed police guard to enter the Ghriba Synagogue, Africa's oldest shul

'This year, we pray for the whole world,' says one participant as virus restrictions keep away thousands who normally flock to Tunisia's Ghriba synagogue to mark Lag B'Omer

With places of worship shuttered across the North African country, thousands who normally visit the site for Lag B'Omer will have to wait until 'the danger of the virus has passed'