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A man lights torches with blessed olive oil in the Yazidi temple in Lalish. (Leila Fadel/MCT)
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Yazidi women worship in Lalish at the most holy temple of the religion. (Leila Fadel/MCT)
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In al Qosh, a Christian town near Mosul, Christian militia members paid by the Kurdish Regional Government stand guard. (Leila Fadel/MCT)
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A Yazidi woman in traditional dress walks through the town of Bashika. Most Yazidis consider themselves ethnically Kurdish but here they only speak Arabic. (Leila Fadel/MCT)
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Baba Sheikh, the spiritual leader of the Yazidis, calls the small religious community the balance that will tip the scale between Arabs and Kurds. (Leila Fadel/MCT)
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