Editorial photo #13529082 Human Interest
Iranian Nature’s Day In War Zone
An Iranian woman pulls her child in a cart during Sizdah Bedar, also known as Nature's Day, while picnicking 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 event takes place amid U.S.-Israeli military operations in Iran. (Photo by Morteza Nikoubazl/NurPhoto)