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Residents gather to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim in the Orthodox Jewish neighbourhood of Stamford Hill in north London on March 24, 2024. 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. (Photo by BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/BENJAMIN CREMEL)