Mideast Iran Ashoura
Mideast Iran Ashoura
Covering their heads with mud, Iranian women attend Ashoura rituals, marking the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam’s Prophet Muhammad, at the city of Bijar, west of the capital Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Hussein, one of Shiite Islam’s most beloved saints, was killed in a 7th century battle at Karbala, Iraq. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)