People watch as fireworks light up the sky during celebrations for the Nowruz New Year festival in the town of Akre, about 100 kilometres north of Arbil, in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region on March 20, 2024. Millions of people across the Middle East, Asia and Eastern Europe celebrate Nowruz new year festival, which marks the start of spring. (Photo by Safin Hamid/AFP Photo)
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