TOPSHOT - Fireworks light up the Kurdish town of Akra, 500 kilometres north of Baghdad, on March 20, 2019 during celebrations of Nowruz (Noruz), the Persian New Year. - 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)