Image of Asia: Praying at Hazratbal shrine in Kashmir

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Kashmiri Muslim devotees pray early in the morning at the Hazratbal shrine, during special prayers to observe the Martyr Day of Hazrat Ali, cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Monday, June 27, 2016. The festival coincides with the 21st day of the Islamic holy month Ramadan, when devout Muslims refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

In this photo by Mukhtar Khan, Muslims pray early in the morning in observance of the Martyr Day of Hazrat Ali, cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, at the Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir. The festival coincides with the 21st day of Ramadan, the Islamic holy month in which the devout refrain from eating, drinking and smoking during the day. The lakeside Hazratbal shrine is Islam’s holiest in India’s portion of the mostly Muslim region.

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