IN PICTURES: Eid-al-Adha celebrations around the world
| Updated: Sep 03, 2017, 09:38 AM IST
Eid al-Adha or the Feast of the Sacrifice is celebrated to honour Ibrahim's (Abraham) willingness to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God's command
From Russia with love
An aerial shot taken with a drone shows Russian devotees praying on a street outside the Central Mosque during Eid celebrations in Moscow
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A time for prayer
Rohingya refugees offer Eid prayers at the Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhiya near the Bangladesh-Myanmar border
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A Friday protest
Kashmiri youths gesture during clashes between protesters and Indian security forces in Srinagar on September 2, 2017. Clashes broke out after Eid prayers, with police and paramilitary forces firing tear gas shells and pellet guns at hundreds of protesters throwing rocks at them near the main Eidgah prayer ground
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We will not forget
A Yemeni child sits next to the grave of a loved one in a cemetery in the capital Sanaa on September 1, 2017, on the morning of the first day of Eid al-Adha
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New Delhi, New Delhi
Indian devotees offer prayers at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi
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Toy soldiers
Syrian refugee children pose for a photo as they play on a street in the Palestinian Shatila refugee camp, on the southern outskirts of the Lebanese capital Beirut
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Children of men
Children sit next to their father at a mosque during Eid celebrations in the district of Hotoro, in Kano, northern Nigeria
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Eye in the sky
People watch fireworks in Dubai on August 31, 2017 on the eve of Eid al-Adha
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An officer and a gentleman
Indian Border Security Force (BSF) commandant Sudeep (C) presents sweets to Pakistani Wing Commander Bilal (L) at the India-Pakistan Wagah border post on September 2, 2017
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Paris central
Worshippers perform Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque of Paris
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Mother and child reunion
Palestinian girls and women sit at the main square in Gaza City
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The circle of life
An Indian boy feeds a goat in Hyderabad
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Boys to men
Indian devotees offer prayers during Eid al-Adha at Jama Masjid in New Delhi
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Bon appetit
An Indian vendor stacks vermicelli