TOPSHOT - Shiite pilgrims take part in a ceremony at the Imam Hussein shrine in the southern Iraqi city of Karbala on September 19, 2018, on the eve of the tenth day of the mourning period of Muharram, which marks the peak of Ashura. - Ashura commemorates the death of Imam Hussein, grandson of the Muslim faith's prophet Mohammed, who was killed by the armies of his rival Yazid over the succession for the caliphate near Karbala in 680 AD. (Photo by AHMAD AL-RUBAYE / AFP)