Ashura procession in Basra

(Reuters)
Updated: 2007-01-30 15:11

A Shi'ite Muslim wounds his head with a knife during an Ashura procession in Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, January 30, 2007. An estimated 2 million black-clad Shi'ite pilgrims swamped the Iraqi holy city of Kerbala on Monday for an extraordinary display of grief over the death of the Prophet Mohammad's grandson there 1,300 years ago. [Reuters]
 


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