Bahrain - Sanabis - june 14 : A young Bahraini Shiite Muslim boy aims his throw toward the hole during celebrations for the annual festival of Shaabaniya marking the birth of Imam al-Mahdi, revered by Shiites as the coming Messiah, in the village of Sanabis, west of Manama, late on June 13, 2014. Mahdi is the 12th Imam who disappeared in the ninth century, and Shiites believe he will appear before the end of time to establish justice and true Islam in the world.( Photo by Hussain Albahrani/Pacific Press)

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