Muharram events in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, IRAQ - JULY 28: Hundreds of people take part in a mourning ritual, reading elegy and lighting torches during the month of Muharram on the Islamic calendar, leading up to the day of Ashura, on July 28, 2023 in Baghdad, Iraq. The Shiite Muslim religious commemoration of Ashura, which includes a ten-day mourning period starting on the first day of Muharram, marks the seventh-century slaying of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein and his 72 loyal companions in Karbala. (Photo by Murtadha Al-Sudani/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)