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• Jan. 29: Iraqi pilgrims bring a huge national flag inside the shrine of Imam Hussein during Muharram.
• Jan. 29: An elderly Shiite Muslim is stopped from beating himself with knives by his colleagues during the Muharram procession in Kabul.
• Jan. 29: A man is seen flagellating himself with blood stains on the ground during the Muharram rite in Kabul, Afghanistan.
• Jan. 29: Afghan Shiite Muslim flagellate themselves with knives during the muharram procession in Kabul, Afghanistan.
• Jan. 29: Muslims dressed up as tigers participate in a procession on the eve of Muharram at Indore, India.
• Jan. 29: Iraqi pilgrims beat their chests during Muharram, an important period of mourning for Shiites.
• Jan. 29: Mourning Shiite women hold an illustration of saint Ali in Istanbul, Turkey as they commemorate the death of Imam Hussein on the Shiitic fast day of Ashoura.
• Jan. 29: A Pakistani Shiite Muslim girl kisses the horse, a symbol of Hussein's horse carried him in battlefield.
• Jan. 29: Mourning Shiite men set free white doves in Istanbul, Turkey.
• Jan. 29: A Pakistani Shiite Muslim holds knives to be used for beating himself during a Muharram procession to mourn the death of their spiritual leader Imam Hussein.
• Jan. 29: Iraqi pilgrims carry a banner showing the holy Shiite shrine Askariya, that was blown up by Sunni militants one year ago, during Muharram.
• Jan. 29: Bangladeshi children look on at the shrine of Shiite Muslims, Hossine Dalan, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Jan. 29: The blood stains are seen on the back of an Afghan Shiite Muslim flagellating himself with knives during the Muharram procession in Kabul, Afghanistan.
• Jan. 29: Pakistani Shiite Muslims beat themselves with knives and chains during a Muharram procession to mourn the death of their spiritual leader Imam Hussein.
• Jan. 29: Pakistani Shiite Muslim beats himself with chains to mourn the death of his spiritual leader Imam Hussein, grandson of Prophet Mohammad in Lahore.
• Jan. 29: A Bangladeshi child wears a traditional battle costume on the way to the shrine of Shiite Muslims, Hossine Dalan, in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
• Jan. 28: Pilgrims pray inside the holy shrine of Imam Hussein during Muharram, an important period of mourning for Shiites in Karbala, Iraq.