
BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 24: Iraqi Shiite men beat their chests as they take part in a mourning ritual, during the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, leading up to the day of Ashura, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 24, 2023. Within Muharram month devotees commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein (Husayn Ibn Ali) along with 72 loyal companions, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern day Iraq in 680 AD. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 24: Iraqi Shiite men beat their chests as they take part in a mourning ritual, during the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, leading up to the day of Ashura, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 24, 2023. Within Muharram month devotees commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein (Husayn Ibn Ali) along with 72 loyal companions, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern day Iraq in 680 AD. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 24: Iraqi Shiite men beat their chests as they take part in a mourning ritual, during the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, leading up to the day of Ashura, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 24, 2023. Within Muharram month devotees commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein (Husayn Ibn Ali) along with 72 loyal companions, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern day Iraq in 680 AD. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 24: Iraqi Shiite men beat their chests as they take part in a mourning ritual, during the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, leading up to the day of Ashura, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 24, 2023. Within Muharram month devotees commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein (Husayn Ibn Ali) along with 72 loyal companions, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern day Iraq in 680 AD. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 24: Iraqi Shiite men beat their chests as they take part in a mourning ritual, during the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, leading up to the day of Ashura, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 24, 2023. Within Muharram month devotees commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein (Husayn Ibn Ali) along with 72 loyal companions, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern day Iraq in 680 AD. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 24: Iraqi Shiite men beat their chests as they take part in a mourning ritual, during the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, leading up to the day of Ashura, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 24, 2023. Within Muharram month devotees commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein (Husayn Ibn Ali) along with 72 loyal companions, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern day Iraq in 680 AD. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 24: Iraqi Shiite men beat their chests as they take part in a mourning ritual, during the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, leading up to the day of Ashura, in Baghdad, Iraq on July 24, 2023. Within Muharram month devotees commemorate the martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein (Husayn Ibn Ali) along with 72 loyal companions, who was killed in the battle of Karbala in modern day Iraq in 680 AD. ( Murtadha Al-Sudani - Anadolu Agency )