Leech sucks impure blood from a hand of a girl in Hazratbal Srinagar, Indian Controlled Kashmir on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. 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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