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Jerusalem
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/01a.jpgUltra-Orthodox Jewish men cast shadows as they look at a bonfire on the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba-Omer in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood on May 9th, 2012. Lag Ba-Omer marks the end of a plague that killed thousands of Jewish scholars in ancient times, as well as the anniversary of the death of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, who had rebelled against Roman rule and is believed to be the author of the Zohar, the core text of Kabbalah mysticism. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters
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Jerusalem
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/03a.jpgBoys sit in front of girls and women as they look at a bonfire. Lag Ba-Omer holiday traditions include lighting bonfires and cutting the hair of three-year-old boys for the first time. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters
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Jerusalem
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/04a.jpgA bonfire in the city's Mea Shearim neighbourhood. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters
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Jerusalem
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/05a.jpgMen dance around a fire. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters
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Jerusalem
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/06a.jpgAn Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man carries his three-year-old son. Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters
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Ashdod
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/07a.jpgA boy is silhouetted in the southern city of Ashdod. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters
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Ashdod
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/08a.jpgYoung spectators in Ashdod. Photograph: Amir Cohen/Reuters
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Mount Meron
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/09a.gifUltra-Orthodox Jews take part in traditional festivities near the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai on Mount Meron in northern Israel. Photograph: Nir Elias/Reuters
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New York
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/010a.jpgBoys watch a bonfire burn as Orthodox Jews of the Satmar Hasidim celebrate in the village of Kiryas Joel, New York. Thousands of the Satmar, who are opposed on principle to the existence of the state of Israel, danced near a bonfire into the night on May 9th. Photograph: Mike Segar/Reuters
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New York
http://www.irishtimes.com/blogs/gallery/files/2012/05/011a.jpgOrthodox Jews of the Satmar Hassidim celebrate Lag Ba-Omer in the village of Kiryas Joel, New York. Photograph: Reuters/Mike Segar
