Iraq's "Peace Valley" - the world's largest cemetery
The world's largest cemetery, in Iraq's Shi'ite holy city of Najaf, is expanding at double its usual rate as Shi'ite militias bury their dead from the war against Islamic State.
The Wadi al-Salam cemetery, Arabic for "Peace Valley," has a special place in the hearts of Shi'ite Muslims as it surrounds the Mausoleum of their first imam, Ali Bin Abi Talib, a cousin and son-in-law of Prophet Mohammad.
A boy digs a grave.
A decayed dome is seen at the cemetery.
Mourners carry the coffin of their relative.
People visit graves of their relatives.
A man holds empty containers that are used for washing graves.
An undertaker smokes shisha.
A woman prays inside the shrine of imam Mahdi.
A woman takes a selfie inside the shrine imam Mahdi.
People line up to collect blessed water inside the shrine of imam Mahdi.
A woman holds containers.
A woman washes the grave of her relative.
A woman is seen at the cemetery.
A man mourns on the grave of his relative.
A man prays inside the shrine of imam Mahdi.
Tombs are seen at the cemetery.
Tombs are seen at the cemetery.
