Members of the Sabean Mandaeans, a pre-Christian sect that follows the teachings of John the Baptist, take part in a bathing ritual during the Baptism Festival, on the banks of the Shatt al-Arab waterway in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, May 20, 2015. (Photo by Nabil al-Jurani/AP Photo)
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