Pictures of the Week.จาก TIMEs

Mired in Violence
Angry protesters set a market ablaze after a suicide blast killed at least 30 people in Karachi during the religious festival of Ashura.

Backlash

Iranian protestors beat police officers during an anti-government protest in Tehran

Looking In

A Palestinian boy peers into a family's tent in Beit Lahia, in the northern Gaza Strip, one year after their home was destroyed in Israel's offensive against Gaza.

Overtime

Lawmakers from the ruling Grand National Party take a rest as they wait for the plenary session to pass a 2010 state budget at the National Assembly in Seoul

Overwhelming Force

Police officers stand alongside brand new vehicles provided by the local government to ensure public security over the New Year holidays during a handover ceremony in Taiyuan, China

Why Not?

A member of the Seehunde Berliner ("Berlin Seals") winter and ice swimming club swims with an umbrella in the frozen Oranke Lake in Berlin.

Local Traditions

St. Sylvester mummers perform in the village of Urnaesch in Switzerland. In a local custom, three groups of mummers, distinguished as the beautiful, the ugly and the less ugly, dress up in costumes made of twigs, mosses and dried leaves and proceed from house to house in small groups singing and wishing families a prosperous year.

Serious Scientific Inquiry

Volunteers throw confetti out a window in New York's Times Square for the annual "Air Worthiness test" that takes place before the big New Year's Eve bash.