Kurdish Iraqis celebrate the Yazidi New Year
epa11283009 Yazidi women light candles on the occasion of Charshama Sor (Red Wednesday), the Yazidi New Year, at Lalish Temple, the holiest shrine of the Yazidis, in Shaikhan town, southeast of Dohuk, Kurdistan region, northern Iraq, 16 April 2024. The Kurdish northern Iraq is home to the Yazidi religious minority who was attacked and expelled by the jihadist terror militia 'Islamic State' (IS) in 2014. EPA/GAILAN HAJI