TOPSHOTS Ultra-Orthodox Jewish children take part in the Purim festivities in a Yeshiva (religious school) in Jerusalem's ultra-orthodox neighborhood of Mea Sharim, on March 6, 2015. 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 / THOMAS COEX