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In this aerial view, Shiite Muslim pilgrims walk in the Gulf waters and a muddy shore, at the start of their march from Iraq's southern city of al-Faw toward Karbala, ahead of the Arbaeen religious festival on August 13, 2023. 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. (Photo by Hussein Faleh/AFP Photo)
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