Kabul, Afghanistan

(EPA/S. SABAWOON)

Afghans flagellate themselves with chains in mourning for the death of Imam Hussein during Ashura mourning processions, in Kabul, Afghanistan on 27 December 2009. Muslims across the world are observing Moharram, the first month of Islamic calender, the climax of Moharram is the Ashura festival commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein a grandson of the Prophet Mohammed in the Iraqi city of Karbala in the seventh century.