Shia communities across the Muslim world observed Yaum-i-Ashura on Saturday, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussain in the battle of Karbala.
Yaum-i-Ashura is observed every year on Muharram 10 with solemnity to pay homage to Imam Hussain and other martyrs of the Battle of Karbala that took place in 61 A.H. in modern-day Southern Iraq.
Processions were taken out across Pakistan and in several other Muslim countries on the occasion, with participants clad in black clothes to signify mourning.
Mourners participate in a Muharram procession passing through Kucha Risaldar in Peshawar on Saturday. — APP
Mourners surround a horse brought to the procession in remembrance of Imam Hussain’s horse, Zuljanah, in Peshawar’s Qissa Khwani Bazaar on Saturday. — APP
Mourners participate in a procession in Peshawar’s Qissa Khwani Bazaar on Saturday. — APP
Mourners take part in a religious procession in Srinagar on Saturday. — AFP
Mourners attend a procession in Larkana on Saturday. — APP
Mourners flagellate themselves during a Muharram processionin the old quarters of Delhi, India,on Saturday. — Reuters
Mourners attend a procession in Larkana on Saturday. — APP
Mourners beat their chest on the tenth day of Ashura during the Islamic month of Muharram in Larkana. — APP
Women watch a religious procession on the tenth day of Ashura in Srinagar on Saturday. — AFP
Mourners carry a symbolic coffin during a procession on the tenth day of Ashura in the Islamic month of Muharram, in Prayagraj, India on Saturday. — AFP
Mourners shout anti-Sweden slogans against the desecration of the Holy Quran during a procession in Karachi on Saturday. — AFP
Mourners attend a procession in Quetta on Saturday. — APP
Mourners take part in a religious procession in Srinagar on Saturday. — AFP
Mourners carry a symbolic coffin during a procession on the tenth day of Ashura in the Islamic month of Muharram, in Prayagraj, India on Saturday. — AFP
Mourners offer Zohrain prayers at Meezan Chowk in Quetta on Saturday. — APP
Header image: Mourners march to commemorate Ashura in the village of Ali Rash, on the outskirts of Mosul on Saturday. — AFP
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