Editorial photo #13529072 Human Interest
Iranian Nature’s Day In War Zone
An Iranian family plays as they 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. This takes place amid U.S.-Israeli military operations in Iran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)