Practitioners give leech therapy to Kashmiri children on March 21, 2017 Indian Controlled Kashmir. Every year, on Nowruz, which marks the first day of spring and the beginning of the year in the Persian calendar, traditional health workers in Kashmir use leeches to treat people suffering from itchy and painful lumps that develop on the skin called ‘chilblains’ during the winter season. (Photo by Umer Asif/Pacific Press)

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