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Shiite Muslim worshippers, stained by their own blood from self inflicted wounds, hold knives during a procession to mark the Muslim festival of Ashura, an important period of mourning for Shiites in Baghdad’s Sadr City, November 24, 2012. Shi’ite Muslims beat themselves during Ashura with steel-tipped flails or slash their bodies with knives to mark the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad, who was killed in the 7th century battle of Kerbala. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani (IRAQ — Tags: RELIGION)