A Shiite Muslim worshipper, stained by his own blood from self inflicted wounds, holds a knife during the festival of Ashoura, when faithful show their grief over the 7th-century killing of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson, Imam Hussein, in Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Dec. 26, 2009.
(AP Photo/ Alaa al-Marjani)