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    In Sinjar, colored eggshells scattered across the ground can mean only one thing - the start of the new year! [Image 9 of 10]

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    In Sinjar, colored eggshells scattered across the ground can mean only one thing - the start of the new year!

    IRAQ

    04.29.2023

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    USAID, Bureau for the Middle East

    To celebrate the occasion, USAID teamed up with Nadia’s Initiative and Sunrise NGO to organize a celebration in a kindergarten in Sinjar, where children received colored eggs and small gifts and played Hekkane, the popular game of tapping together the colored eggs to symbolize new beginnings.

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    Date Taken: 04.29.2023
    Date Posted: 07.07.2023 14:39
    Photo ID: 7899108
    VIRIN: 230429-D-D0499-5069
    Resolution: 1600x1066
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    Location: IQ
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