Hezbollah supporters gather at Nasrallah’s grave for Ashoura, in photos

Hussein Malla

Hezbollah supporters mourn during a sermon marking the first day of Ashoura, the Shiite Muslim commemoration of the 7th-century death of Imam Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Muhammad, at the grave of late Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, June 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

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