Pictures of the Day: Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012

Posted Nov. 25, 2012, at 6:59 p.m.

Vahid Salemi | AP

Among men, an Iranian woman (center) beats her head during Ashoura rituals, marking the death anniversary of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Islam's Prophet Muhammad, at the city of Bijar, west of the capital Tehran, Iran on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Hussein, one of Shiite Islam's most beloved saints, was killed in a 7th century battle at Karbala, Iraq.

Nathan Bilow | AP

Austria's Kathrin Zettel reacts in the finish arena after winning the women's World Cup slalom ski race in Aspen, Colo., Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012.

Darko Vojinovic | AP

Patriarch Irinej (left) performs a memorial liturgy for the Serb victims of the Croatian offensive during the 90's wars, in Belgrade's Congregational church, Serbia on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Serbia is furious that the appeals judges at the Hague court on last Friday freed generals Ante Gotovina and Mladen Markac, who previously had been sentenced to lengthy prison terms for crimes against Serbs.

Vadim Ghirda | AP

An elderly man passes as workers lift a large AIDS awareness banner on the facade of a communist era building, replica of the Lomonosov Moscow State University, now hosting the offices of some of the leading Romanian newspapers, in Bucharest, Romania on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. According to nongovernmental organizations supporting those infected, more than 10,000 people live with AIDS in Romania but the actual number could be much higher as testing for the infection is not popular among Romanians. In 2011, according to monitoring reports 15 percent more infections were registered.

Polash Khan | AP

Bangladeshis and firefighters battle a fire at a garment factory in the Savar neighborhood in Dhaka, Bangladesh, late Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. An official said firefighters have recovered more than 100 bodies after a fire raced through the multistory garment factory just outside Bangladesh's capital.

Alexander Zemlianichenko | AP

Leaves covered with frost are seen in a garden in Peremilovo village, 40 miles north of Moscow, Russia on Saturday, Nov. 24, 2012. The temperature in Moscow region dropped down 31 degrees Fahrenheit.

Nikolas Giakoumidis | AP

Two women pass among piles of garbage amassed during successive strikes by municipal workers in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Sunday, Nov. 25, 2012. Government plans to place 2,000 civil servants on notice ahead of reassignment or potential dismissal.