AP PHOTOS: Editor's pick from Mideast, Pakistan-Afghanistan
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This week in the Middle East, millions of Shiite Muslims took part in Arbaeen rituals on a holiday that marks the end of the 40-day mourning period following the anniversary of the 7th century…