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People gather at Hazrat-e-Ali Shrine, or the Blue Mosque, to celebrate the annual Nowruz festival in Mazar-i-Sharif, capital of Balkh province, Afghanistan, March 21, 2021. March 21 is the first day of Nowruz and the start of the year 1400 in Persian calendar. War-weary Afghans marked it with praying for peace as in many mosques, worshippers prayed for ending the war and returning lasting peace in their war-torn country. (Photo by Kawa Basharat/Xinhua)
