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This picture taken on Tuesday, October 11, 2016, shows veiled Iranian women taking part in a mourning ceremony for Ashoura, as they cover their faces symbolically, in the city of Khorramabad, southwest of the capital Tehran, Iran. Shiites mark Ashoura, the tenth day of the Muslim month of Muharram, to commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad and one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints, during the 7th century Battle of Karbala in present-day Iraq. (Photo by Ebrahim Noroozi/AP Photo)
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