(6 Jul 2025)
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Karbala, Iraq - 6 July 2025
1. Various of crowds gathered between holy shrines in Karbala
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Tehran, Iran - 6 July 2025
2. Wide of crowds
3. Large traditional flag being carried by mourners
4. Various of mourners flagellating themselves with chains, people banging drums
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Karachi, Pakistan - 6 July 2025
5. Various of crowds marching with banners
STORYLINE:
Tens of thousands of Shiite Muslims across the world marked Ashoura on Sunday, a solemn day marking the 7th-century martyrdom of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson.
The annual pilgrimage is one of the largest religious events in the Shiite world.
Ashoura holds deep religious and historical significance for Shiites, marking the 680 AD Battle of Karbala, in which Imam Hussein, along with his family and companions, was killed after he refused to pledge allegiance to the Umayyad caliphate, cementing the schism between Sunni and Shiite Islam.
For Shiites, the commemoration has come to symbolize resistance against tyranny and injustice.
In the Iraqi city of Karbala the streets of Karbala were carpeted in red and lined with stations offering food and water to the pilgrims, who came from Iraq’s provinces and from abroad, including large numbers from Iran, the Gulf states, Lebanon and Pakistan.
Black-clad men, women, and children gathered around the shrines of Imam Hussein and his brother Abbas, performing traditional mourning rituals including chest-beating, elegies, and lamentations.
In the Iranian capital, Tehran, mourners took to the streets and marked Ashoura with elegies, beating on their chests and self-flagellating with chains.
Thousands also gathered in the streets of Karachi in Pakistan.
AP video shot by Muhammad Farooq
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