The Day of Ashura- the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala, when the 3rd Shia Imam, Hussein ibn Ali, a grandson of Prophet Muhammad, was martyred by the forces of Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad - is marked across the world.
The Muslims in the United Kingdom said their noon prayers of Ashura Day at the Islamic Center of England on Tuesday.
The following shows footage of the Ashura prayers broadcast by national Iranian TV on Tuesday.
The people of Tehran marked the Ashura Day by holding a mourning ceremony in Imam Hossein Square on Tuesday.
The video footage sent by Mehr correspondent shows the night before Ashura Day in the holy city of Karbala in Iraq where the holy shrine of Imam Hussein (AS) is located.
The following video shows people in the Al Qatif in the east of Saudi Arabia holding a Muharram mourning ceremony to mourn the anniversary of the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam.
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