An intense image from the MSNBC Year in Pictures-News.
“A a cow is sacrificed for the celebration of ther first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Rhodpe Mountains village of Ribnovo, Bulgaria, on Nov. 27. The Festival of Sacrifice marks the end of the hajj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca”
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