Editorial photo #13886993 Religion and Belief
Youm-e-Ashura Observed Across Kashmir, India
Kashmiri Shia Muslim mourners beat their chests during a religious procession on the tenth day of Ashura in the Islamic month of Muharram in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on June 26, 2026. Ashura is a period of mourning in remembrance of the seventh-century martyrdom of Prophet Muhammad's grandson Imam Hussein, who is killed in the battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq, in 680 AD. (Photo by Firdous Nazir/NurPhoto)
