Pictures of the Week: April 19th, 2003 – April 25th, 2003

Shrine
Throngs of Iraqi Shiite pilgrims beat their chests inside the Imam Hussein holy shrine in Karbala, Iraq. For the first time in decades, Shiite Muslims in Iraq were able to gather in mass at the Shiite holy city of Karbala to mark the end of the 40-day mourning of the death of one of their most important saints, Imam Hussein