An Afghan vendor sells candy floss in Kabul on March 21, 2017, during Nowruz festivities as devotees mark the Afghan New Year. Nowruz, one of the biggest festivals of the war-scarred nation, marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar. Nowruz is calculated according to a solar calendar, this coming year marking 1396. (Photo by Shah Marai/AFP Photo)
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