Pictures of the Day: Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010

A Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim man bleeds after tapping his forehead with a razor during a ceremony marking Ashura in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon. During Ashura Shi'ite mourners injure themselves .
Ali Hashisho / REUTERS

In Ritual

A Lebanese Shi'ite Muslim man bleeds after tapping his forehead with a razor during a ceremony marking Ashura in Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon. During Ashura Shi'ite mourners cut and whip themselves to mark the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Mohammad.