Image of the day: Nowruz celebration minus the festivities

Persian New Year is usually the time when family and friends come together to welcome the spring. In other years the streets would be full of people celebrating. But many Iranians have modified their celebrations this March in response to the corona crisis, spending the time at home with only their nearest and dearest. Some, however, still want to capture the beginning of spring on camera, like this man in Tehran's Mellat Park