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Iranian Nature’s Day In War Zone
An Iranian musician plays a traditional Persian instrument as he prepares to perform in a state-run live concert on the Nature Bridge during Sizdah Bedar at a park in the Abbasabad Cultural and Tourist Area in central Tehran, Iran, on April 2, 2026. Sizdah Bedar, also known as Nature's Day, 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)