31.   The former vice president, who now has a gray beard, drew rolling laugher from the crowd with a series of self-deprecating jokes.

32.   The presiding priest, with long gray beard and black-veiled head piece, wore vestments of exquisite red and gold brocade.

33.   The silk vests and string ties of the gambler have been replaced by a mostly gray beard and the hard squint of a man who has seen too much.

34.   Wearing a full gray beard and a large white skullcap, Obeid sat next to the bearded Dirani as both men followed the proceedings through an interpreter.

35.   With his long gray beard, all-black wardrobe and black baseball cap, Bruce Thomas stands out in the dense crowd.

36.   A gray beard and mustache framed his face.

37.   An old man with a newly trimmed gray beard danced in the street holding a small tape recorder blaring music to his ear.

38.   An old man with a newly trimmed gray beard dances in the street holding a small tape recorder blaring music to his ear.

39.   An old man, his gray beard trimmed shorter than previously allowed, danced in the street holding a tape recorder that played music.

40.   An older man, stroked his gray unkempt beard and praised the hanging.