A young boy is silhouetted while leaping over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Fire jumping is a tradition that symbolizes good health and luck for the coming year. Thousands of people attended the event hosted by the Iranian Canadian Congress of B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A young boy is silhouetted while leaping over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A young boy leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A young girl is silhouetted while leaping over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A young boy carrying Iran's historic "Lion and Sun" flag leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A woman carrying Iran's historic "Lion and Sun" flag leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A young girl leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
People leap and walk over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A young boy leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A young boy leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
A young boy is silhouetted while leaping over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. Fire jumping is a tradition that symbolizes good health and luck for the coming year. Thousands of people attended the event hosted by the Iranian Canadian Congress of B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DARRYL DYCK
A young boy is silhouetted while leaping over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DARRYL DYCK
A young boy leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DARRYL DYCK
A young girl is silhouetted while leaping over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DARRYL DYCK
A young boy carrying Iran's historic "Lion and Sun" flag leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DARRYL DYCK
A woman carrying Iran's historic "Lion and Sun" flag leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DARRYL DYCK
A young girl leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DARRYL DYCK
People leap and walk over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DARRYL DYCK
A young boy leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
DARRYL DYCK
A young boy leaps over fire during the Nowruz Fire Festival marking the Persian New Year, in West Vancouver, B.C., on Tuesday, March 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck