Baba Sheikh Ali Alyas, (L), the supreme spiritual leader of the Yazidi religious minority, attends a ceremony marking the Yazidi New Year, at the Temple of Lalish in a valley near the Kurdish city of Dohuk, on April 16, 2024. The Yazidis, who number about 1.6 million, commemorate the arrival of light into the world during the new year celebrations. (Photo by Safin HAMID / AFP)