TOPSHOTS Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children wearing costumes play in the Israeli city of Bnei Brak near the coastal city of Tel Aviv on March 5, 2015 during the feast of Purim. 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. AFP PHOTO / MENAHEM KAHANA