In pictures: Day of Ashura
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Shia Muslims flail themselves in front of a mosque in old Delhi on the Day of Ashura. The event marks the death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the prophet Mohammed, who was killed in battle at Karbala in modern day Iraq in the year 680. The day of self-flagellation comes at the end of a ten-day festival.








