A Muslim cleric and transgender persons attend a prayer ceremony for their colleagues, who were killed by two men armed with daggers at their home, in Mardan, a city in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Arif Khan)
A local resident stands beside the bloodstained area, where two transgender women were killed outside their home, in Mardan, a city in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Arif Khan)
Transgender persons attend a prayer ceremony for their colleagues, who were killed by two men armed with daggers at their home, in Mardan, a city in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Arif Khan)