Members of the Yazidi community celebrate Charshama Sor (Red Wednesday) marking the New Year of the Yazidi, at the Lalish Temple in the Shekhan district of the Nineveh Governorate in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq, 15 April 2025. The Lalish Temple is considered the main temple of the Yazidi religion and the New Year celebrations start on the eve of the day before Charshama Sor, which is on the third Wednesday of April. (Photo by Gailan Haji/EPA/EFE)
