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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia muslim worshipers gather in a street filled with black banners in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The procession marks Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the killing of Imam Hussein in Karbala. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Men raise their fists while wearing yellow vests and red headbands in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during an Ashura procession, where Shia Muslim worshipers commemorate the martyrdom of Imam Hussein with symbolic acts of mourning and displays of collective solidarity. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

A young man holds a framed portrait of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei as he stands among Shia worshipers in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The procession is part of Ashura rituals observed by Shia communities worldwide as an expression of grief and solidarity. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia muslim worshipers gather in a street filled with black banners in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The procession marks Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the killing of Imam Hussein in Karbala. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia muslim worshipers gather in a street filled with black banners in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The procession marks Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the killing of Imam Hussein in Karbala. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Shia Muslim worshipers gather with Hezbollah flags in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during a mourning procession held to mark Ashura on the tenth day of the Islamic month of Muharram, commemorating the martyrdom of Imam Hussein. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Ashura Procession - Beirut

Ashura Procession - Beirut

Pictures of Hezbollah’s slain leaders and fighters hang above a crowd of worshipers in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon on July 6, 2025. The gathering takes place during Ashura, when shia muslims mourn the martyrdom of Imam Hussein and honor the memory of their own movement’s dead. Photo by Nael Chahine/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Relatives hold a photo of a loved one killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack during a funeral held in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Music band plays during the funeral of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

People carry the caskets of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack during their funeral ceremony in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Relatives hold a photo of a loved one killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack during a funeral held in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Relatives cry during the funeral of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Relatives cry during the funeral of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Relatives cry during the funeral of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

People carry the caskets of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack during their funeral ceremony in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

People carry the caskets of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack during their funeral ceremony in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Relatives hold a photo of a loved one killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack during a funeral held in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

A priest says prayers on a the casket of one of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack during a funeral held in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

A man holds a cross during the funeral of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Mar Elias Church Victims Funeral - Damascus

Relatives cry during the funeral of the people killed in the Mar Elias Church suicide attack, in Damascus, Syria, on Sunday June 24, 2025. At least 25 worshipers were killed and 65 wounded when a man opened fire and detonated his explosive vest on Sunday June 22. Photo by Mohamad Daboul/Middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Illustration - Marseille

Illustration - Marseille

FRANCE. BOUCHE-DU-RHONE (13) MARSEILLE. BASILICA OUR LADY OF THE GUARD. WORSHIPERS BURN TAPERS AND CANDLES AT THE ENTRANCE TO THE CRYPT Photo by Norbert Scanella/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Italy: Pope Francis’s Coffin Procession Through Rome

Pope Francis' coffin was sealed in St. Peter's Basilica on Friday evening, April 26, ahead of his funeral at St. Peter's Square on Saturday. 

This video captured crowds lining both sides of Via dei Fori Imperiali in Rome, paying their final respects as the motorcade carrying Francis's coffin passed.

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Vatican: Hundreds of Thousands Attend Funeral of Pope Francis

Hundreds of thousands of people including world leaders attended the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City on Saturday, April 26. Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21 at the age of 88.

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Italy: Thousands Gather for Pope Francis’ Burial at Santa Maria Major in Rome

On Saturday, April 26, Pope Francis' coffin was buried in Santa Maria Maggiore, the Basilica of Saint Mary Major in Rome, where thousands of believers gathered.

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People Flock to St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’s Funeral 5

A crowd of people flocked to St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday morning, April 26.

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People Flock to St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’s Funeral 6

A crowd of people flocked to St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday morning, April 26.

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People Flock to St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’s Funeral 2

A crowd of people flocked to St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday morning, April 26. This video shows Rome streets filled with a crowd heading to Vatican

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People Flock to St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’s Funeral 3

A crowd of people flocked to St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday morning, April 26. This video shows a crowd outside St. Peter Square.

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People Flock to St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’s Funeral 4

A crowd of people flocked to St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday morning, April 26.

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Thousands Line Up for Final Farewell to Pope Francis 3

Thousands of people continued to line up to enter St. Peter's Basilica on the final day of Pope Francis' lying in state, Friday, April 25.

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Thousands Line Up for Final Farewell to Pope Francis

Thousands of people continued to line up at St. Peter's Basilica on the final day of Pope Francis' lying in state, Friday, April 25.

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People Flock to St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’s Funeral

A crowd of people flocked to St. Peter's Square for Pope Francis's funeral on Saturday morning, April 26. This video shows a crowd on Via San Pio X in Rome, near the Vatican.

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Thousands Line Up for Final Farewell to Pope Francis 2

Thousands of people continued to line up to enter St. Peter's Basilica on the final day of Pope Francis' lying in state, Friday, April 25.

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Vatican: General View of St. Peter’s Square Ahead of Pope Francis’s Funeral

The video show St. Peter's Square with some people gathering about 2 hours before the funeral of Pope Francis on April 26. The service is set to begin at 10:00 am.

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Vatican: Thousands Queue at St. Peter’s Basilica to Pay Respects to Pope Francis 2

Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, April 21. Thousands of people queued at St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects. To accommodate the large crowds, the Vatican extended opening hours past midnight.

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Vatican: Thousands Queue at St. Peter’s Basilica to Pay Respects to Pope Francis

Pope Francis died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, April 21. Thousands of people queued at St. Peter's Basilica to pay their respects. To accommodate the large crowds, the Vatican extended opening hours past midnight.

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Vatican Employees Bid Farewell to Pope Francis at Casa Santa Marta

Pope Francis has died at the age of 88 on Easter Monday, April 21. This video shows the Vatican employees formed a queue at the Casa Santa Marta in Vatican City to pay their respects and bid farewell to the late Pope Francis.

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Vatican: Pope Francis’s Body Transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica

The coffin of Pope Francis was carried to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, April 23, where his body will lie in state for three days of public viewing until Saturday's funeral.

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Vatican: Pope Francis’s Body Transferred to St. Peter’s Basilica 2

The coffin of Pope Francis was carried to St. Peter’s Basilica on Wednesday, April 23, where his body will lie in state for three days of public viewing until Saturday's funeral.

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