A Shia Muslim beats his head with a sword to mourn the death of his spiritual leader Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Mohamed at a Muharram procession in Karachi, Pakistan, hours before an explosion went off in the northwestern Pakistani city of Quetta killing 40 and injuring 120. The city is under indefinite curfew (photo: AP)

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