Across North Africa, the Amazigh people have been coming together to usher in the year 2976.
They have, unfortunately, not cracked time travel. Rather, they are almost a thousand years ahead of much of the world because they follow a calendar that starts at 950 BC, when King Sheshonq ascended the throne of Egypt.
The Amazigh new year, known as Yennayer, begins between 12 and 14 January - depending on the area in which they live in Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia and Libya - so over the last few days families have been laying on huge feasts, lighting bonfires and playing traditional music.
Calls of "aseggas ameggaz", or happy new year, have been ringing through villages and busy city streets, while vibrant, meticulously embroidered traditional clothing have been donned for the occasion.
The Amazigh (which means "free people" or "noble people") are a range of ethnic groups that are North Africa's original inhabitants, having occupied the region since the beginning of recorded history.
