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This aerial photo shows Shiite faithful pilgrims gathered between, the holy shrine of Imam Hussein, bottom, and the holy shrine of Imam Abbas, top, during preparations for the Muslim holiday of Ashoura in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, October 23, 2015. Ashoura is the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the Battle of Karbala in the 7th century when Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was killed in present-day Iraq. (Photo by Hadi Mizban/AP Photo)
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