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Syrian Kurdish women, most of them wearing traditional clothing, gather to celebrate their Nowruz, Kurdish New Year, in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Friday March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)

PHOTO COLLECTION: Persian New Year

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Syrian Kurds celebrate their Nowruz, Kurdish New Year in Amuda, Hasaka region, northeastern Syria, Thursday March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
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A Syrian Kurdish girl wearing traditional clothing dances during a celebration of Nowruz, Kurdish New Year, in Qamishli, northeastern Syria, Friday March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Baderkhan Ahmad)
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Shiite Muslim women pray at the shrine of Peer Syed Mehndi on Nowruz, Persian New Year, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
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Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akra, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi Kurds celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akra, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi Kurds walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, Akra, in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi Kurds celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akra, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi Kurds celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akra, in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi Kurds celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, Akra, in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Men store torches to be used for the Persian New Year or Nowruz celebrations, in Akra, in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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A man carries torches to be used for Nowruz, or the Persian New Year celebrations in Akra, in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akra, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi Kurds celebrate Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akra, in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akra, Iraq, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
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An Iranian woman buys flowers to decorate her New Year, or Nowruz, table at Tajrish traditional bazaar in northern Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 15, 2025. The Persian new year, or Nowruz, which means “New Day”, is the most important holiday for Iranians, it marks the beginning of the spring on vernal equinox. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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An Iranian man jumps over a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. Iranians celebrate their new year, or Nowruz, with arrival of the spring. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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People shop at Tajrish traditional bazaar ahead of Iranian New Year, or Nowruz in northern Tehran, Iran, Saturday, March 15, 2025. The Persian new year, or Nowruz, which means “New Day”, is the most important holiday for Iranians, it marks the beginning of the spring on vernal equinox. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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An Iranian man holds up a firework celebrating Chaharshanbe Souri, or Wednesday Feast, an ancient Festival of Fire on the eve of the last Wednesday of the Persian year, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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People shop for the Persian new year, or Nowruz, the most important holiday for Iranians which marks the beginning of the spring, in the old main bazaar of Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, March 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain during a procession to celebrate their Nowruz, the Persian New Year, in Akra, in Iraq’s northern autonomous Kurdish region, Thursday, March 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

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