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An aerial picture shows Shiite Muslims gathering at a rest stop while walking in Iraq's Basra province on July 19, 2025, as they perform the yearly pilgrimage march, from the southern port city of al-Faw to the holy city of Karbala, ahead of the Arbaeen religious festival. 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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