Iraqi Kurds holding lit torches walk up a mountain in the town of Akra, 500 km north of Baghdad, on March 20, 2017 as they celebrate the Noruz spring festival. The Persian New Year is an ancient Zoroastrian tradition celebrated by Iranians and Kurds which coincides with the vernal (spring) equinox and is calculated by the solar calender. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)
