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Greetings from Karbala, Iraq, where millions gathered for a Shia pilgrimage
Pilgrims came to Iraq from all over the world in August. Many Iraqi and Iranian pilgrims walked hundreds of miles in extreme heat to mark the event.
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More than 20 million Shia Muslims converged on Karbala, a small city in central Iraq, to observe the Arbaeen pilgrimage earlier this month. The gathering commemorates the killing of Imam Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson, an event that occurred 14 centuries ago and is central to Shia Islam. Pilgrims arrived by air from locations around the world to take part in the ceremony.
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