Pictures of the Week: December 10 - 16, 2010

Women cover their faces with green scarves, symbols of the Imam Hussein family, during a Shi'ite Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, Iran. Iman Hussein was the grandson of
Morteza Nikoubazl / Reuters

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Women cover their faces with green scarves, symbols of the Imam Hussein family, during a Shi'ite Ashura religious festival in Khorramabad, Iran. Iman Hussein was the grandson of Prophet Mohammad, exalted by Shia Muslims as a martyr.

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