Iranian and Iraqi Shiite Muslims some wearing face masks mourn during the Ashura ceremonies at the Kerbala mosque in Tehran, Iran, 30 August 2020. Shiite Muslims are observing the month of Muharram, the climax of which is the Ashura festival that commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH
Iranian and Iraqi Shiite Muslims some wearing face masks mourn during the Ashura ceremonies at the Kerbala mosque in Tehran, Iran, 30 August 2020. Shiite Muslims are observing the month of Muharram, the climax of which is the Ashura festival that commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH