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  • The sprawling cemetery of Wadi Al Salam in the holy city of Najaf, where Ayatollah Mohammad Sadiq Al Sadr is burried.
    The sprawling cemetery of Wadi Al Salam in the holy city of Najaf, where Ayatollah Mohammad Sadiq Al Sadr is burried.
  • Graves at Wadi Al Salam in Najaf, May 25, 2020. AFP
    Graves at Wadi Al Salam in Najaf, May 25, 2020. AFP
  • A general view of the almost empty "Valley of Peace" cemetery after coronavirus lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus in the holy city of Najaf. REUTERS
    A general view of the almost empty "Valley of Peace" cemetery after coronavirus lockdown measures to contain the coronavirus in the holy city of Najaf. REUTERS
  • Former opposition leader Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir Al Hakim, assassinated in 2003, after the toppling of Saddam Hussein, and buried in Wadi Al Salam. Reuters
    Former opposition leader Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir Al Hakim, assassinated in 2003, after the toppling of Saddam Hussein, and buried in Wadi Al Salam. Reuters
  • Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer Al Sadr, executed by Saddam Hussein in 1980. Alamy
    Ayatollah Mohammed Baqer Al Sadr, executed by Saddam Hussein in 1980. Alamy
  • Mohammed Sadiq Al Sadr, killed by Saddam's agents in 1999. Mohammed Sadiq was the father of Moqtada Al Sadr, king maker in Iraqi politics. Alamy
    Mohammed Sadiq Al Sadr, killed by Saddam's agents in 1999. Mohammed Sadiq was the father of Moqtada Al Sadr, king maker in Iraqi politics. Alamy
  • A member of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who volunteered to work in a cemetery wears a protective suit as he burns clothes used for burial of Covid-19 patients near the new Wadi Al-Salam cemetery, which is dedicated to those who died of the coronavirus disease. REUTERS
    A member of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF), who volunteered to work in a cemetery wears a protective suit as he burns clothes used for burial of Covid-19 patients near the new Wadi Al-Salam cemetery, which is dedicated to those who died of the coronavirus disease. REUTERS
  • A man mourns at the grave of Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis at the Wadi Al Salam cemetery in the Iraq. AFP
    A man mourns at the grave of Iraqi paramilitary commander Abu Mahdi Al Muhandis at the Wadi Al Salam cemetery in the Iraq. AFP
  • Shiite pilgrims walk outside the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq. AP
    Shiite pilgrims walk outside the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq. AP
  • Najaf, after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, on March 31, 2020. Reuters
    Najaf, after the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, on March 31, 2020. Reuters
  • A Shiite Muslim man wears a protective face mask as he walks next to religious books during the holy month of Ramadan in Najaf. Reuters
    A Shiite Muslim man wears a protective face mask as he walks next to religious books during the holy month of Ramadan in Najaf. Reuters
  • Members of the civil defence spray disinfectant to sanitise surrounding of the Kufa mosque in Najaf. Reuters
    Members of the civil defence spray disinfectant to sanitise surrounding of the Kufa mosque in Najaf. Reuters
  • Iraqi medical workers disinfect a ward at the Hakim Hospital in Najaf. AFP
    Iraqi medical workers disinfect a ward at the Hakim Hospital in Najaf. AFP
  • A member of the Iraqi civil defence sprays disinfectant on and around a building where Islamic students are quarantined for having had contact with Iraq's first confirmed case of novel coronavirus infection in the central Najaf on February 26, 2020. AFP
    A member of the Iraqi civil defence sprays disinfectant on and around a building where Islamic students are quarantined for having had contact with Iraq's first confirmed case of novel coronavirus infection in the central Najaf on February 26, 2020. AFP
  • A woman sews a protective suit at a factory in Najaf, Iraq. Less than 15 per cent of women are part of the Iraqi workforce. Reuters
    A woman sews a protective suit at a factory in Najaf, Iraq. Less than 15 per cent of women are part of the Iraqi workforce. Reuters
  • An Iraqi man in a hazmat suit mourns over a tombstone at a cemetery for COVID-19 victims, 20 km from the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf. AFP
    An Iraqi man in a hazmat suit mourns over a tombstone at a cemetery for COVID-19 victims, 20 km from the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf. AFP
  • An aerial picture taken with a drone shows graves of victims who died with coronavirus at a cemetery in the holy city of Najaf, southern Iraq. EPA
    An aerial picture taken with a drone shows graves of victims who died with coronavirus at a cemetery in the holy city of Najaf, southern Iraq. EPA
  • An aerial picture taken with a drone shows members of Iraqi Shiite group Imam Ali Brigades, which belongs to Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces, preparing to bury victims who died with coronavirus, at a cemetery in the holy city of Najaf, southern Iraq. EPA
    An aerial picture taken with a drone shows members of Iraqi Shiite group Imam Ali Brigades, which belongs to Shiite Popular Mobilization Forces, preparing to bury victims who died with coronavirus, at a cemetery in the holy city of Najaf, southern Iraq. EPA