Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims take Tariq-ul Ulima route, near the Euphrates River in Iraq, for the grand march of Arbaeen ahead of the major procession that marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (AS), the third Shia Imam and grandson of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH). Participants in this spiritual journey walk all the way from the holy city ...

Millions of people march all the way from different Iraqi cities to the holy city of Karbala to attend Arba’een procession. A number of pilgrims take Tariq-ul-Ulima route from the holy city of Najaf.