Ashura commemorated across the globe

Iraqi Shiite Muslim worshipers self-flagellate during a ceremony in Basra (AFP)

Iraqi Shiite Muslim worshipers self-flagellate during a ceremony in Najaf (AFP)

A traditional mourning event marks Ashura in the northern Iraqi holy city of Najaf (AFP)

Pakistani Shiite Muslims flagellate themselves during a religious procession on the ninth day of holy Islamic month of Moharram in Peshawar (AFP)

Pakistani Shiite Muslim mourners attend a religious procession on the ninth day of the holy Islamic month of Moharram in Islamabad (AFP)

Afghan men gather during commemorations ahead of the Day of Ashura in a courtyard of the Hazrat-e-Ali shrine, or Blue Mosque, in Mazar-i-Sharif (AFP)

In the Bahraini, a young Shiite Muslim attends a mourning ceremony (AFP)

Ashura in Bahrain's village of Sanabis, west of Manama (AFP)

Lebanese Shiite Muslim women take part in a a parade on the eve of the peak of Ashura in the southern city of Saksakiyeh (AFP)

Children during an Ashura ceremony in Bahrain (AFP)

An Iraqi man looks on during the reenactment of the Battle of Karbala in Baghdad (AFP)

In Karbala, a Shiite woman participates in a street procession (AFP)

Ashura is celebrated with tea in Iran's Grand Bazaar (AA)

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