no comment Japan: Abacus event at shrine Updated: 05/01/2017 Children took part in a New Year abacus calculation event held at a shrine in Osaka, western Japan.
no comment Mourning ritual in Karbala ahead of Ashura Shiite Muslim pilgrims flaggelate themselves in a mourning ritual during Ashura, a 10-day period commemorating the seventh century killing of Prophet Mohammed's grandson Imam Hussein.
