German Chancellor Angela Merkel may be one of the most powerful people on the planet but that hasn't stopped an ultra-Orthodox Jewish newspaper editing her out of a picture of world leaders at the Paris march against terror

The Israeli Haredi daily HaMevaser also managed to remove Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo from the picture, and chose to crop it so that Danish Prime Minister Helle Thorning-Schmidt was just out of shot - although her left hand stays in.

Front row: German Chancellor Angela Merkel surrounded by French President Francois Holland, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, European Council President Donald Tusk and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Credit:Reuters

Haredi publications have been criticised in the past for editing women out of their pictures, citing modesty as the reason. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu can't even use that excuse to explain why he tweeted a picture of himself in the front row of world leaders at the march, but managed to crop the shot just at the point where Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was out rather than in.

Abbas and Netanyahu were separated by just four world leaders in the front line of the weekend rally, including Merkel and French President Francois Hollande. Their scene-stealing positions were particularly astounding given the French government reportedly asked both to stay away.