As was pointed out on the website Viral Nova, though the above photo may look like an aerial shot of a bustling town, what you're actually looking at is a cemetery... the world's largest cemetery. Located in the Shia holy city of Najaf, Iraq, the sprawling cemetery is known as the Valley of Peace (Wadi-us-Salaam), and millions of bodies are buried there, with hundreds of thousands joining them every single year.
The cemetery spans a whopping 1,485 acres, everything from large family crypts to underground mausoleums and vaults absolutely littering the city-sized landscape. The valley of Peace has been the sight of Islamic burials for the past 1,400 years, and it is considered a holy land of sorts, with many believing that the souls of the departed will make their way there, no matter where their bodies are buried.
Though Najaf is one of the largest cities in Iraq, only about 600,000 living people reside there, a number that's absolutely dwarfed by the number of the dead that call it home.