Shia Baby Cemetery in Baghdad
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JANUARY 22: A mother (L) mourns over the grave of her dead son Heider Adil who was killed in 2003 during the war at the Buratha Cemetery January 22, 2004 in Baghdad, Iraq. The cemetery is used primarily to bury babies and children, as Iraqi Shia parents feel it is not necessary to bury children in the holy Shia cemetery at Najaf, where older family members are usually buried. Statistics show that over the past decade with a deteriorating health care system and following two wars, infant mortality rates have more than doubled in Iraq, along with a notable increase in miscarriages and babies born with birth defects. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images)
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