May 2014 was the date of the annual pilgrimage to the shrine
of Imam Musa al-Kadhim in Baghdad’s Kadhimiya district. The event remembers his
death in the 8th Century. Despite being a favorite target of the
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) each year, thousands of pilgrims make
the trip from around Iraq and the region to the capital. These pictures by AFP’s
Ahmad al-Rubaye and Sabah Arar document this event.
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