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![MIDEAST-JERUSALEM-PURIM CELEBRATION](137012242_15200340155561n.jpg)
Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children celebrate Purim in Mea Shearim neighborhood, Jerusalem, on March. 2, 2018. Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from Haman's plot during the reign of the ancient Persian Empire, according to the Biblical Book of Esther. (Xinhua/Gil Cohen Magen)