A woman holding a child as Kurds gathered to celebrate the start of their New Year, Nowruz, in Ankara, Turkey, yesterday. Nowruz, the Farsi-language word for “new year”, is an ancient Persian festival, celebrated on the first day of spring in Central Asian republics, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan and Iran.

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