Pictures of the Week: December 5-11, 2008

A Palestinian butcher slaughters a goat during the holiday of Eid al-Adha in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.
Bernat Armangue / AP

Monday, December 8, 2008
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A Palestinian butcher slaughters a goat during the holiday of Eid al-Adha in the West Bank city of Bethlehem. The Muslim observance commemorates the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to God.