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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
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
Israelis protest next to the Sde Teman military base near Beersheba against the detention for questioning of military reservists suspected of abusing a detainee held there. The Sde Teiman facility is known to be holding Palestinians arrested from Gaza during the Israel-Hamas war. IMAGES
Chilean President Gabriel Boric marches in the capital Santiago to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the military coup led by General Augusto Pinochet against socialist President Salvador Allende. IMAGES
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