Pictures of the Week: January 27th, 2007 – February 2nd, 2007

Ancient Ritual
An Iranian woman attends the Shi'ite Tasoua religious festival in Tehran. Shi'ite Muslims mark Tasoua, a day before the day when Husayn ibn Ali, the "leader of the martyrs" and grandson of Prophet Mohammed, was killed in Karbala in 680 AD.