lynsey addario, photographer

Middle East: Iran: Ashorra

Iranian men walk through the streets carrying banners and beating their chests in the tradition of the holy Shiite holiday of Muharram in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2006. Shiite Muslims around the world are celebrating the ninth day, leading up to Ashorra, or the tenth, most-important day commenorating the death of Imam Hussein.
Ashorra, Tehran, Iran
Iranian men walk through the streets carrying banners and beating their chests in the tradition of the holy Shiite holiday of Muharram in a ceremony in Tehran, Iran, February 8, 2006. Shiite Muslims around the world are celebrating the ninth day, leading up to Ashorra, or the tenth, most-important day commenorating the death of Imam Hussein.