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Snapshots: the world in 24 hours, May 21, 2011

Updated: 2011-05-22 17:47

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Snapshots: the world in 24 hours, May 21, 2011
An Ultra Orthodox Jewish boy prays next to a bonfire during Lag Ba-Omer festivities in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood May 21, 2011. Israelis celebrate the Jewish holiday of Lag Ba-Omer, which marks the end of a plague in the Middle Ages that killed thousands of disciples of a revered rabbi in the holy land, by lighting bonfires across the country. [Photo/Agencies] 

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