Pictures of the Week.จาก TIMEs

Self-flaggelation
A Shi'ite man holds ceremonial chains during the festival of Ashoura in Karbala, Iraq
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Light Them Up
United States Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines "Warlords" rest during an operation to hunt for insurgents in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan

Coming Home

Soldiers load Pfc. Jaiciae L. Pauley's coffin into a hearse at the Garden View Funeral Home.

Freedom Wall

Snow blankets the Freedom Wall at the National World War II Memorial in Washington D.C. The wall contains over 4,000 gold stars, with each star representing approximately one hundred American service personnel who were killed in the war.

Winter Wonderland

Tourists walk around one of the displays at the Ice and Snow Festival during its preview in Harbin, China

Wet Bar

Two men dressed as Santa Claus fill the cups of swimmers during a pre-Christmas dip in the Mediterranean sea at Villeneuve Loubet, France.

Christmas for Everyone

Yuska, the senior female of a gorilla group at the Melbourne Zoo in Melbourne, Australia enjoys Christmas treats.

Power Nap

A delegate from France sleeps during a break in an all-night plenary meeting at the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 in Copenhagen, Denmark