epa10099847 Pakistani Shi'ite Muslims buy religious symbols during the Shiite Muslims mourning month of Muharram in Hyderabad, Pakistan, 31 July 2022. Shiite Muslims across the world are observing the holy month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar. The climax of Muharram is the Ashura festival that commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, who was killed in a battle near the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. EPA/NADEEM KHAWAR
