Editorial photo #13528858 Human Interest
Iranian Nature’s Day In War Zone
An Iranian man drives past military tanks outside a war museum as he and his relative arrive to spend Sizdah Bedar, also known as Nature's Day, at a park in the Abbasabad Cultural and Tourist Area in central Tehran, Iran, on April 2, 2026. Sizdah Bedar is an Iranian festival held annually on the thirteenth day of Farvardin (the first month of the Iranian calendar), during which people spend time outdoors and mark the end of the Nowruz holidays in Iran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)