Iraqi Shiites pray inside the Imam Abbas shrine in commemorations on the the eve of the tenth day of the mourning period of Muharram, which marks Ashura, in the holy city of Karbala on October 11, 2016. Ashura mourns the death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who was killed by armies of the Yazid near Karbala in 680 AD. (Photo by Mohammed Sawaf/AFP Photo)
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