More than 20 million pilgrims are said to attend Arbaeen each year in Karbala, Iraq, making it one of the largest annual one-day gatherings in the world. The large number of pilgrims is recent, owing to the fall of Saddam Hussein, who had restricted the Arbaeen pilgrimage, and the winding down of the Iraq War (2003–11).
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