Up to a million supporters of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr have converged on Iraq's southern city of Basra to demand better living conditions.
Coffins displaying words like 'electricity' and 'education' were carried by demonstrators marking nine years since the start of the US-led invasion. Nearly a decade on, dire poverty persists.
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