Nowruz around the world - in pictures

  • People gather to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian new year, in Berlin. Getty Images
    People gather to celebrate Nowruz, the Persian new year, in Berlin. Getty Images
  • Iranian residents living in Washington, DC, gather outside the former Embassy of Iran to mark the Persian New Year. AFP
    Iranian residents living in Washington, DC, gather outside the former Embassy of Iran to mark the Persian New Year. AFP
  • Syrian Kurd children hold each other's hands as they prepare to celebrate the spring festival of Nowruz, in Afrin, Syria. Reuters
    Syrian Kurd children hold each other's hands as they prepare to celebrate the spring festival of Nowruz, in Afrin, Syria. Reuters
  • Syrian Kurds prepare to celebrate the spring festival of Nowruz, in Afrin, Syria. Reuters
    Syrian Kurds prepare to celebrate the spring festival of Nowruz, in Afrin, Syria. Reuters
  • Tannaz Zadeh and her dogs join people outside the Iranian Embassy in London to celebrate the Persian New Year. PA
    Tannaz Zadeh and her dogs join people outside the Iranian Embassy in London to celebrate the Persian New Year. PA
  • Former Kurdish fighter Saad Qazi and his wife Parang Jahani pose with their traditional costumes during the Nowruz celebrations in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
    Former Kurdish fighter Saad Qazi and his wife Parang Jahani pose with their traditional costumes during the Nowruz celebrations in Erbil, the capital of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
  • People celebrate Nowruz while wearing traditional costumes in Sulaimaniyah of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
    People celebrate Nowruz while wearing traditional costumes in Sulaimaniyah of Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region. AFP
  • Iraqi Kurds march with torches during a procession to celebrate the Nowruz New Year festival in the town of Akre, about 100km north of Arbil. AFP
    Iraqi Kurds march with torches during a procession to celebrate the Nowruz New Year festival in the town of Akre, about 100km north of Arbil. AFP
  • Melbourne's Iranian-Australian community gathers to mark Nowruz, the Persian New Year, during a community gathering at Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia. EPA
    Melbourne's Iranian-Australian community gathers to mark Nowruz, the Persian New Year, during a community gathering at Federation Square in Melbourne, Australia. EPA