Shiite Muslims pray during the holy month of Muharram

October 2016, Toronto, Ontario, Canada --- Pakistani Shiite Muslims take to the streets during the holy month of Muharram to commemorate the death of the third Imam, Hussein, slain along with 72 of his comrades in a battle against the army of the seventh-century caliph Yazid. In keeping with the military nature of these Ashura processions, mourners simulate self-flagellation with light-weight chains and pound on their chests to the thump of a bass drum and the crackle of a snare. --- (Photo by Creative Touch Imaging Ltd./NurPhoto via Getty Images)