Shiite Muslims take part in a procession on the seventh day of lunar month of Muharram during the mourning period leading up to Ashura in Nasiriyah in Iraq's southern Dhi Qar province early on July 3, 2025. Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein, also marks death of Imam Abu al-Fadl al-Abbas, the half-brother of Imam Hussein who was killed by the army of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid while trying to bring water to quench the thirst of his besieged family during the battle of Karbala in the year 680. (Photo by Asaad NIAZI / AFP)