Millions of Shiite Muslim pilgrims are making their way to the Iraqi holy city of Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, one of the world’s largest annual religious gatherings.

Under a blazing sun, clad in black and clutching portraits of their slain leader Ali Khamenei, Iranian pilgrims streamed across the border into Iraq to observe the Arbaeen, the…

Millions of Shi'ite pilgrims gathered in Iraq's holy city of Karbala for the Arbaeen pilgrimage, enduring temperatures of up to 50°C as authorities deployed cooling measures and…