An aerial picture shows a view of the Wadi-al-Salam cemetery in Iraq's shrine city of Najaf on May 7, 2024. Wadi-al-Salam cemetery, often described as the world's biggest, is a sombre expanse of crypts, vaults and catacombs near the mausoleum of the revered Imam Ali, the founding figure of Shiite Islam, which bears silent witness to life and death over 14 centuries. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP Photo)
