Iraq Photos: Aug. 29

Iraqis gather outside a Shiite religious office to make donations for the families of pilgrims killed last week, in Baghdad, Sept. 4, 2005. Hundreds of Shiite pilgrims were killed in the stampede last Wednesday on a bridge in northern Baghdad. The poster on a wall shows Grand Ayatollay Ali al-Sistani, top Shiite religious leader.

Iraqi women participate in a funeral procession for four victims of unidentified gunmen, in Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2005. The four members of a single family were killed while trying to find their relative, an Iraqi soldier kidnapped several days before.

Relatives sit under the bridge in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 3, 2005, where hundreds of Shiite pilgrims were killed in a stampede on Wednesday.

Iraqi soldiers donate blood for pilgrims injured on Wednesday, in Imam Kadim shrine in northern Baghdad, Sept. 2, 2005.

Iraqi children play in front of a mural featuring former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in Baghdad, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2005. Iraqi authorities have set Oct. 19 as the date for the start of the trial of Saddam Hussein, an official said.

A casket of one of hundreds of pilgrims killed on Wednesday is carried during a funeral in the Shiite holly city of Najaf, Sept. 2, 2005.

Iraqis chant anti-government slogans as they take part in a funeral procession in Baghdad, Sept. 2, 2005.

Iraqi soldiers move away from the bridge following gunfire that erupted after protesters marched, Sept. 1, 2005, toward the bridge where nearly 1,000 Shiites died in a stampede the day before in Baghdad.

Friends and relatives react before the funeral ceremony for pilgrims killed on Wednesday, in Sadr City, a Shiite district in Baghdad, Iraq, Sept. 1, 2005.

Protesters march toward the bridge where nearly 1,000 Shiites died in a stampede the day before in Baghdad, Sept. 1, 2005.

Relatives react during the funeral ceremony for pilgrims killed on Wednesday in the Sadr City Shiite district in Baghdad, Sept. 1, 2005. Thousands of people attended funerals for some of the hundreds of Shiite pilgrims killed in a stampede on a Baghdad bridge during a religious procession, as criticism mounted against the Shiite-led government for failing to prevent the tragedy.

A bulldozer pushes away shoes and sandals lost by the pilgrims on the bridge in northern Baghdad, Sept 1, 2005.

Policemen and civilians run for a shelter as gunfire erupts after protesters marched toward the bridge where nearly 1,000 Shiites died in a stampede in Baghdad, Sept. 1, 2005. Three people were injured in the latest melee, which triggered an exchange of fire between rival neighborhoods over the Tigris River.

Rescuers search for the victims in the Tigris river, in Baghdad, Aug. 31, 2005. A railing collapsed on a bridge packed with Shiite worshippers marching in a religious procession, sending crowds tumbling into the Tigris River. At least 640 people died, including women and children, according to an official.

Shoes of the victims are seen on the bridge over the Tigris river, in Baghdad, Aug. 31, 2005.

An U.S. soldier and an Iraqi plice officer survey the scene after an explosion in eastern Baghdad, Aug. 30, 2005.

Iraqi police and an U.S. soldier survey the scene after an explosion in eastern Baghdad, Aug. 30, 2005. The minibus exploded when an unidentified person left a bag with the explosives, that later detonated killing a driver and wounding two passengers.

Protesters rally carrying banners and pictures of ousted Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, in Tikrit 80 miles north of Baghdad, Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. Thousands of Sunni Arabs demonstrated in Saddam Hussein's former hometown to denounce Iraq's new constitution a day after negotiators finished the new charter without the endorsement of Sunni Arabs.

The sister, center, of Reuters journalist Waleed Khaled and other female relatives, grieve prior to his funeral in Baghdad, Aug. 29, 2005. Khaleed, a Reuters Television soundman, was shot dead in Baghdad as the cameraman was wounded and then detained by U.S. soldiers.

Gylan Ahmed, 46, is treated in Samarra hospital, some 60 miles north of Baghdad, Aug. 29, 2005. Ahmed was kidnapped three days before by unidentified gunmen, tortured and thrown on the street with gun shot wounds to his legs.