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


People offer prayers during Eidul Fitr at Eidgah ground in Karachi. PHOTO: 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 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 Eidul Fitr at the Wagah Border post. PHOTO: AFP



Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eidul Fitr at the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of New Delhi on June 5, 2019. AFP


Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eidul at the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of New Delhi. PHOTO: AFP


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


A Palestinian child stands next to a relative as adults perform morning prayer to celebrate Eidul Fitr in Gaza City. PHOTO: AFP


Young Indonesian Muslims take part in a parade to celebrate Eidul Fitr festival in Surabaya. 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 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


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


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