Thousands of pilgrims leave Karbala in Iraq after taking part in Arbaeen rituals

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Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi Shiite Muslims on Sunday marked the end of the Arbaeen festival in the holy city of Karbala. The event commemorates the seventh-century death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, the Shiite saint Imam Hussein, who became a symbol of resistance during the tumultuous first century of Islam’s history.