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Shiite Muslim worshippers beat themselves at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas ahead of the peak of the mourning period of Ashura which commemorates the killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein on November 13, 2013 in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad. Ashura, which climaxes on November 14, mourns the death of Imam Hussein who was killed by armies of the caliph Yazid near Karbala in 680 AD. AFP PHOTO ALI AL-SAADI (Photo credit should read ALI AL-SAADI/AFP via Getty Images)
Shiite Muslim worshippers beat themselves at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas ahead of the peak of the mourning period of Ashura which commemorates the killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein on November 13, 2013 in Karbala, 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of Baghdad. Ashura, which climaxes on November 14, mourns the death of Imam Hussein who was killed by armies of the caliph Yazid near Karbala in 680 AD. AFP PHOTO ALI AL-SAADI (Photo credit should read ALI AL-SAADI/AFP via Getty Images)
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