Pictures of the Week: August 27 – September 2, 2005

a relative cries after identifying the corpse of a pilgrim killed on baghdad bridge after false suicide bombing lead to a stampede
HADI MIZBAN / AP

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A relative reacts after identifying a corpse of one of the dead pilgrims killed in a panic on a Baghdad bridge. Nearly a thousand Shiite pilgrims were killed after rumors that a suicide bomber was about to detonate on the bridge triggered a stampede

Wednesday, Aug 31, 2005