The world's largest cemetery, in Iraq's Shia holy city of Najaf, is rapidly expanding as the nation's death rate climbs with the war on ISIS. (Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)'Peace Valley' cemetery revered by Shia Muslims. (Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)Family members of those buried at Peace Valley cemetery often come to wash the graves of their loved ones. (Alaa Al-Marjani/Reuters)Fighters visit shrine before heading into battle. Millions of graves of different shapes lie in the roughly 10-square-kilometre cemetery that attracts burials from Shias all over the world.

Source: CBC News August 28, 2016 09:32 UTC