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AKRE, IRAQ - MARCH 20: Kurdish families celebrate Nowruz, Kurdish New Year in the mountainous area around on Akre on March 20, 2019 in Iraq. Nowruz marks the Persian New Year, as well as the vernal equinox and is celebrated by diverse communities across western and central Asia.(Photo by Micah Garen/Getty Images)

AKRE, IRAQ - MARCH 20: Kurdish families celebrate Nowruz, Kurdish New Year in the mountainous area around on Akre on March 20, 2019 in Iraq. Nowruz marks the Persian New Year, as well as the vernal equinox and is celebrated by diverse communities across western and central Asia.(Photo by Micah Garen/Getty Images)