Shiite Muslims perform Muharram mourning procession in Peshawar

Pakistani Shiite Muslims are expressing grief by chest beating during a procession to mark the sacred month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar, in Peshawar, Pakistan, on July 09, 2024. 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 Day that commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, who was killed in a battle in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century