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DOHUK, IRAQ - APRIL 18: Iraqi Yezidis gather to celebrate Yezidi New Year, known as Chwarshaba Sor or Red Wednesday, in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG) on April 18, 2017. (Photo by Muhammet Bamerni/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

DOHUK, IRAQ - APRIL 18: Iraqi Yezidis gather to celebrate Yezidi New Year, known as Chwarshaba Sor or Red Wednesday, in Dohuk, Iraqi Kurdish Regional Government (IKRG) on April 18, 2017. 



 (Photo by Muhammet Bamerni/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)