A Kashmiri boy lets blood from her feet drip down after receiving leech therapy on on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 Indian Controlled Kashmir 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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