Muharram 2023 procession in Peshawar

Pakistani Shiite Muslims participate in a procession to mark the sacred month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic Calendar, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 21 July 2023. Shiite Muslims are observing the holy month of Muharam, with its climax reached on its tenth day marking the Ashura festival, that commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussain, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, in the battle of Karbala, Iraq, in the seventh century.