BAGHDAD, IRAQ - MARCH 18: Nawaf Abdul Qadir demonstrates traditional weaving at the Baghdad Folklore Museum, March 18, 2013 in Baghdad, Iraq. Ten years after the regime of Saddam Hussein was toppled from power, Baghdad continues to show the scars of the war. In vast areas, infrastructure is fractured and basic services are lacking, however, some areas of the capital are showing promising signs of recovery.
Kashmiri Muslims raise their arms upon seeing a relic of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, a Sufi saint, being displayed to devotees during the Friday following at his shrine in Srinagar March 1, 2013. Thousands of Kashmiri Sufi Muslims gathered on Friday at the shrine of Jeelani, also known as Shah-e-Baghdad (King of Baghdad), on his 873rd death anniversary to offer special prayers.
A Kashmiri Muslim man distributes raisins to devotees outside the shrine of Sufi saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani in Srinagar, India, Friday, March 1, 2013. Thousands of devotees thronged to the shrine which houses the relic of the saint on the Friday following the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration.
Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray as the head priest, unseen, displays a relic of Sufi saint Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani at his shrine in Srinagar, India, Friday, March 1, 2013. Thousands of devotees thronged to the shrine which houses the relic of the saint on the Friday following the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration.
In this Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, photo an Afghan street boy Abdul Qadir 14, counts his money after selling a plastic bag at the market, as part of the time he learns carpentry at the Afghanistan's Children- A New Approach (ASCHIANA) center in Kabul, Afghanistan. The impending withdrawal of U.S. and other foreign combat forces from Afghanistan means more than a loss of firepower. International aid is also on the decline because of donor fatigue and fears of deteriorating security after nearly 12 years of war. Worried about losing hard-won gains, aid organizations are racing to finish projects or find new sources of funding to provide basic services that the weak central government has been unable to deliver.
A Kashmiri Muslim devotee holds his cap and prays as the head priest displays a relic of Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani outside his shrine in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013. Thousands of devotees thronged to the Syed Abdul Qadir Jilani's shrine which houses the relic of the saint, during an 11-day festival to mark the saint's Urs, or yearly commemoration.
