A Jewish man and a girl in Purim costumes walk on the street in the Mea Shearim ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood in Jerusalem, on March 18, 2022. The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. (Photo by Menahem Kahana/AFP Photo)
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