Blood from a goat is collected in pots to be later splashed on amulets and fetishes during a voodoo ceremony...
Blood from a goat is collected in pots to be later splashed on amulets and fetishes during a voodoo ceremony in Cotonou, December 19, 2007. Benin, the home of ritual Voodoo sacrifice, became the latest in a string of West African states to report cases of H5N1 bird flu after laboratory tests confirmed the deadly virus on two poultry farms. Benin's immediate neighbours, Nigeria, Togo, Niger and Burkina Faso, have all reported H5N1 cases. Other regional states hit include Ghana, Ivory Coast and Cameroon. Picture taken December 19, 2007. REUTERS/Charles Placide Tossou (BENIN)