World’s largest cemetery grows bigger as Shi’ite militias bury their dead
August 23, 2016
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![A man prays inside the shrine of Imam Mahdi at the Wadi al-Salam cemetery, Arabic for "Peace Valley", in Najaf, south of Baghdad, Iraq August 1, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani](http://i2.wp.com/faith-matters.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Burials.jpg?fit=600%2C400)
The world’s largest cemetery, in Iraq’s Shi’ite holy city of Najaf, is expanding at double its usual rate as the nation’s death rate increased with [...]
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