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People around the world are observing Eid al-Adha, one of the most important Islamic festivals in the Muslim calendar.
Meaning the "feast of the sacrifice", Eid al-Adha commemorates the prophet Ibrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son on God's orders and is marked by special prayers and feasts. This year, it begins on 28 June.
The festival coincides with the end of the Hajj - the annual Islamic pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca.
Below is a selection of images showing people marking the festival around the world.
Image source, Thaier Al-Sudani/Reuters
Image caption,Worshippers pray at the shrine of cleric Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Gilani in Baghdad, Iraq
Image source, Jam Sta Rosa/AFP
Image caption,Families take part in a morning prayer at the Quirino Grandstand in Manila, Philippines
Image source, Aamir Qureshi/AFP
Image caption,A trader paints a design on a sacrificial camel to attract customers, at a livestock market ahead of the festival on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan
Image source, Izzeddin Kasim/Getty Images
Image caption,Displaced people who have been living in tents due to the Syrian civil war perform prayers at a stadium in Idlib, Syria
Image source, Emilie Madi/Reuters
Image caption,People stay gathered after their first prayer in front of Al-Amin mosque in downtown Beirut, Lebanon
Image source, Firas Abdullah/Getty Images
Image caption,People observe the festival at the Grand Mosque of Paris, France
Image source, Robin Utrecht/AFP
Image caption,People pray as they attend an early morning prayer at the Mevlana Mosque in Rotterdam, Netherlands
Image source, Ihsaan Haffejee/Getty Images
Image caption,People pray in a public park in Johannesburg, South Africa
Image source, Sefa Karacan/Getty Images
Image caption,Those who could not find empty places in mosques gather to pray on the streets of Moscow, Russia
Image source, Carlos Lujan/Getty Images
Image caption,Dozens pray in the park of El Casino de Embajadores in Madrid, Spain
Image source, Karim Sahib/AFP
Image caption,People exchange wishes after morning prayers at Dubai's main mosque in the United Arab Emirates
Image source, Ahmad Gharabli/AFP
Image caption,Worshippers gather at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem
Image source, AFP
Image caption,Worshippers perform morning prayer in Sudan's eastern Gedaref region
Image source, Shrooq El-Sayed/Shutterstock
Image caption,Worshippers take part in a morning prayer in Cairo, Egypt
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