Iraqi Christians celebrate Holy Saturday

Christian refugees arrive for Holy Saturday church services, on the eve of Easter at Al-Bashara Church at a Christian refugee camp in Irbil, Iraq, on April 15, 2017. There are more than 100,000 Christian refugees in the Christian township of Ainkawa who have been driven out of their homes in Qaraqosh, Karemlash and Bartella since Islamic State attacked Christian communities northern Iraq in 2014.

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April 15, 2017 3:46 PM PT

Tens of thousands of displaced Christians have moved overseas, or to temporary camps like a trailer park about 50 miles east of Mosul in Irbil.

A mother comforts her child as people stand in prayer during Holy Saturday church services on the eve of Easter at Al-Bashara Church at a Christian refugee camp in Irbil, Iraq.

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Taufik Abosh Sakar wanders through his home destroyed by Islamic State in Qaraqosh, Iraq.

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Ziad Halid and his wife, Afaf Naffi, make a home out of trailer in a Christian refugee camp in Irbil, Iraq.

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Afaf Naffi prays at Al-Bashara church inside the Christian refugee camp in Irbil, Iraq.

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Ahmed Hashim stands in prayer in front of a cross erected by residents after Islamic State was ousted from Qaraqosh by Iraqi forces.

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Christian refugees arrive for Holy Saturday church services on the eve of Easter at Al-Bashara Church at a Christian refugee camp in Irbil, Iraq.

(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)