SHOTLIST: NAJAF, IRAQ (JULY 5, 2025) (ANADOLU - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE WALKING AS THEY BEAT THEIR BACKS WITH IRON CHAINS 2. MAN STAINING OTHER MAN'S FACE AND CLOTHES WITH MUD 3. VARIOUS OF MAN AND CHILDREN WITH CLOTHES, FACES STAINED WITH MUD PLAYING DRUM, CYMBALS 4. VARIOUS OF MEN PLAYING INSTRUMENTS/ MEN BEATING THEIR BACKS WITH CHAINS 5. PEOPLE GATHERED IN FRONT OF SHRINE OF IMAM ALI/ MAN WAVING FLAG 6. NIGHT SHOTS OF SHRINE OF IMAM ALI/ PRAYERS BEING CHANTED/ PEOPLE FILLING SHRINE'S YARD/ PEOPLE HOLDING PRAYER/ PEOPLE WALKINGNAJAF, IRAQ - JULY 5: The ninth day of Muharram, known as “Tasua,” was commemorated with mourning ceremonies and a procession in the Iraqi city of Najaf on Friday (July 5). Participants beat themselves with chains during the Muharram procession. "Tasua" marks the the martyrdom Abbas, brother of Imam Hussein (the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad). Participants at the ceremony held at the Shrine of Imam Ali wore masks and joined in the recitation of elegies and laments. The 10th day of the Islamic month of Muharram, also known as Ashura, marks the anniversary of the passing of Mohammad’s grandson Hussein in the desert plains of Karbala, some 113 kilometers (70 miles) from the modern-day capital Baghdad. Al-Hussein, along with 72 loyal companions, was killed in the infamous Battle of Karbala in year 61 of the Islamic calendar by the forces of Umayyad Caliph Yazid I on the 10th day of Muharram. Writing by Ayse Elif Erdis.