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A merchant sells prayer stones to an Iranian pilgrim at a shop outside of the Imam Husayn Shrine in Karbala. Shi’a differ from Sunni Muslims in that they do not let their heads touch the ground instead they rest on earth preferably clay from Karbala which is a pilgrim souvenir. | ||
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Photo by Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images |  |
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