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Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai at Mount Meron in northern Israel during the Jewish holiday of Lag BaOmer, which marks the anniversary of the death of the Talmudic sage. IMAGES
Ultra-Orthodox Jews dressed in costumes celebrate Purim in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood. 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. IMAGES
Thousands of members of a section of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men protest in downtown Jerusalem in rejection of a top court ruling that calls for them to be drafted into military service. Israel's top court ruled unanimously that the state must draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men, potentially destabilising Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ruling coalition. IMAGES
Israeli police disperse a few dozen ultra-Orthodox Jews blocking a road in Jerusalem during a demonstration against their conscription into the military. The protest took place as Israel's top court held a hearing session to strike down the decades-old exemption of Jewish men from army service. IMAGES
More than 30,000 demonstrators take the streets in Greece demanding justice for the 57 victims of the country's most deadly train crash a year ago. Protesters blame the collision on official failings and an unsafe rail system. A definitive account of what happened on February 28, 2023 and who may be at fault has not been delivered, with investigators in an official enquiry not due to finish questioning until March 8. IMAGES
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