Shi'ite pilgrims reach out to touch the tomb of Imam al-Abbas located inside the Imam al-Abbas shrine during the Arbain religious event in Kerbala, 110 km (70 miles) south of Baghdad February 14, 2009. Arbain marks the end of a 40-day mourning period following Ashura, the religious ritual that commemorates the death of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson Imam Hussein in 680 A.D. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ)