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20 Apr. 2003
Najaf, Iraq - Republic of
An Iraqi Shiite woman carries her baby and is followed by her young son as
she makes her way to the central Iraqi city of Kerbala through a sand storm
in the desert April 20, 2003. Tens of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims are bound
for the holy city of Kerbala on a pilgrimage banned for nearly a quarter of
a century under Saddam Hussein. Pictures of the month April 2003
PP03040058 REUTERS/Yannis Behrakis
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