Ajmer, India. 08th Apr, 2016. (EDITORS NOTE: Image contains graphic content.) An Indian ascetic Muslim uses a sharp object to self flagellate at the shrine of Sufi Saint Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti during the Urs festival. The Urs festival commemorates the death anniversary of Chishti, founder of the Chishtiya Sufi order in India. Thousands of pilgrims from India and abroad visit the shrine, where the saints remains are entombed. Credit: Shaukat Ahmed/Pacific Press/Alamy Live News

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