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Actors, wearing armor on horseback, perform during Tazieh, a traditional theater scene about the death of Imam Hussein, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, in Noushabad, about 140 miles (233 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, August 9, 2022. The play re-enacts the battle of Karbala against the leader of what became the Sunni branch of Islam, in present-day Iraq, in which Hussein, one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints, and 72 of his companions were killed. The actors represent enemies of Imam Hussein. (Photo by Vahid Salemi/AP Photo)
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