Today in Pictures, March 17, 2014

Ultra-Orthodox Jews read the Book of Esther near dressed up children at a synagogue in Jerusalem on March 16, 2014 during the feast of Purim. -- PHOTO: AFP
Ultra-Orthodox Jews read the Book of Esther near dressed up children at a synagogue in Jerusalem on March 16, 2014 during the feast of Purim. -- PHOTO: AFP

Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate the feast of Purim, a feline fair in Colombia and clashes in Venezuela. These and more in Today in Pictures.

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