In pictures: Muslims celebrate Eid around the world

Mass prayers held in different countries around the world to mark the end of Ramazan


June 05, 2019
A clown entertains people as Palestinian Muslims perform the morning Eidul Fitr prayer near the Dome of Rock mosque at al Aqsa Mosque compound. PHOTO: AFP

Muslims all over the world on Wednesday celebrated Eidul Fitr marking the end of the holy month of Ramazan.

Mass prayers were held in different countries to mark the joyous occasion. Below are the pictures showing the celebration of Eid around the world.

A young boy holds balloons after offering prayers during Eidul Fitr in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP A young boy holds balloons after offering prayers during Eidul Fitr in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP

Pakistani Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Fitr at Eidgah ground in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP People offer prayers during Eidul Fitr at Eidgah ground in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP

A Pakistani Muslim takes a selfie with his family after offering prayers during Eid al-Fitr at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on June 5, 2019. - Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by ARIF ALI / AFP) A man takes a selfie with his family after offering prayers during Eidul Fitr at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore. PHOTO: AFP

People offer prayers during Eidul Fitr at the Eidgah Sharif Darbar in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AFP People offer prayers during Eidul Fitr at the Eidgah Sharif Darbar in Rawalpindi. PHOTO: AFP

Pakistani Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Fitr at Eidgah ground in Quetta. PHOTO: AFP People offer prayers during Eidul Fitr at Eidgah ground in Quetta. PHOTO: AFP

Pakistani Wing Commander Usman Ali (C-R) offers sweets to the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) commandant Mukund Kumar Jha (C-L) on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr at the India Pakistan Wagah Border post about 35 km from Amritsar on June 5, 2019. - Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by NARINDER NANU / AFP) Pakistani Wing Commander Usman Ali (C-R) offers sweets to the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) commandant Mukund Kumar Jha (C-L) on the occasion of Eidul Fitr at the Wagah Border post. PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Fitr at the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of New Delhi on June 5, 2019. - Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by Noemi CASSANELLI / AFP) Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eidul Fitr at the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of New Delhi on June 5, 2019. AFP

TOPSHOT - Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Fitr at the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of New Delhi on June 5, 2019. - Muslims around the world are celebrating the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by Noemi CASSANELLI / AFP) Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eidul at the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP

Uighur men dance after Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of Ramadan, at the Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region early on June 5, 2019. - While Muslims around the world celebrated the end of Ramadan with early morning prayers and festivities this week, the recent destruction of dozens of mosques in Xinjiang highlights the increasing Uighur men dance after Eidul Fitr prayers, marking the end of Ramadan, at the Id Kah mosque in Kashgar, in China's western Xinjiang region early. PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - A Palestinian child stands next to a relative as adults perform morning prayer to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on June 5, 2019 in Gaza City. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED / AFP) A Palestinian child stands next to a relative as adults perform morning prayer to celebrate Eidul Fitr in Gaza City. PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - This picture taken on late June 4, 2019 shows young Indonesian Muslims taking part in a parade to celebrate Eid al-Fitr festival in Surabaya. - Muslims around the world celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by Juni Kriswanto / AFP) Young Indonesian Muslims take part in a parade to celebrate Eidul Fitr festival in Surabaya. PHOTO: AFP

This picture taken on June 4, 2019 shows a youth firing a steel cannon called Meriam Talang on the eve of Eid al-Fitr in Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia's northern state of Perak, some 240 kilometres from Kuala Lumpur. - Dozens of steel cannons are fired by the villagers of the sleepy Malaysian hamlet several hours into the night, carrying on a decades-old tradition celebrating the beginning of the Muslim holiday of Eid. PHOTO: AFP A youth fires a steel cannon called Meriam Talang on the eve of Eidul Fitr in Kuala Kangsar, Malaysia's northern state of Perak. Dozens of steel cannons are fired by the villagers of the sleepy Malaysian hamlet several hours into the night, carrying on a decades-old tradition celebrating the beginning of Eid. PHOTO: AFP

Egyptian Muslims gather for the Eid al-Fitr prayer, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, At Cairo's historic Amr Ibn al-Aas mosque on June 5, 2019. - Militants killed eight Egyptian paramilitaries the same day at a checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula, centre of a long-running jihadist insurgency, security and medical sources said on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday. The Sinai peninsula covers 60,000 square kilometres (23,000 sq miles) in northeast Egypt bordering the Gaza Strip and Israel. (Photo by Mohamed el-Shahed / AFP) Egyptian Muslims gather for the Eidul Fitr prayer at Cairo's historic Amr Ibn al Aas mosque. Militants killed eight Egyptian paramilitaries the same day at a checkpoint in the Sinai Peninsula, centre of a long-running militant insurgency, security and medical sources said on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday. PHOTO: AFP

TOPSHOT - Relatives of Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces' fighters who have been killed during the Syrian conflict, pray at the tomb of loved ones on the first day of Eid al-Fitr holiday, that marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on June 5, 2019. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP) Relatives of Kurdish-dominated Syrian Democratic Forces' fighters who have been killed during the Syrian conflict, pray at the tomb of loved ones on the first day of Eidul Fitr holiday in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli. PHOTO: AFP

SudanSudanese people attend Eidul Fitr prayers in Omdurman, just across the Nile from the capital Khartoum. PHOTO: AFP

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