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A disabled Iraqi Shiite Muslim man and children who began their march from the southern port city of al-Faw, walk through Basra on their way to the holy city of Karbala, ahead of the Arbaeen religious festival, on September 17, 2020. Each year, pilgrims converge in large numbers to the holy Iraqi cities of Najaf and Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day after Ashura, commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein This year however, the Iraqi authorities prevented foreign visitors from entering Iraq to participate, due to the novel coronavirus crisis. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)
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