Men use a horse to transport torches during celebrations of the Persian new year Nowruz (Noruz) in the town of Akra, about 100 kilometres north of Arbil, in Iraq's northern autonomous Kurdish region on March 20, 2022. 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 calendar. (Photo by Safin Hamed/AFP Photo)
