Shi'ite Muslims flagellate themselves during a Muharram procession marking Ashoura in Piraeus port town, near Athens November 4, 2014. Ashoura, which falls on the 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the seventh century battle of Kerbala. (Photo by Yorgos Karahalis/Reuters)
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