Shia Baby Cemetery in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: A 5-day-old baby girl who died of unknown causes is placed on a cloth before being buried at the Buratha Cemetery February 17, 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)
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - FEBRUARY 17: A 5-day-old baby girl who died of unknown causes is placed on a cloth before being buried at the Buratha Cemetery February 17, 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)
Shia Baby Cemetery in Baghdad
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