Xinhua world photos of year 2015 (13)

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man waves a white chicken over his head as he reads a prayer in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem, on Sept. 21, 2015, as part of the traditional "kaparot" ceremony ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement and the holiest day of the Jewish calendar, which falls from sunset of Sept. 22 to sunset of Sept. 23 this year. (Xinhua/Li Rui)