Ashura Day in Karbala

19 August 2021, Iraq, Karbala: People crowd as they take part in the mourning procession, the Million Run of Tuwairej, one of the well-known Hussainiya rituals practised by the Shiites in Iraq's holy city of Karbala on Ashura Day on the 10th of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. Muharram is considered a month of mourning and remembrance for Shiite Muslims around the world, in which they commemorate the martyrdom of the grandson of the Islamic prophet Mohammad, Husayn ibn Ali, who was killed in the 7th century Battle of Karbala. Photo: Ameer Al Mohammedaw/dpa (Photo by Ameer Al Mohammedaw/picture alliance via Getty Images)