In pictures: Eid al-Adha around the world

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Woman holding colourful balloons outside a monument in Denpasar, Bali
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An Indonesian Muslim woman sells balloons during celebrations for Eid al-Adha at the Bajra Sandhi monument in Denpasar, Bali.

A mosque attendant in Nairobi, Kenya waits for Muslims to arrive for prayers to mark the end of the Eid festival
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A mosque attendant in Nairobi, Kenya, waits for Muslims to arrive for prayers to mark the festival, which comes at the end of the holy month of Hajj.

An elderly Bosnian Muslim prays outdoors in the outskirts of Sarajevo on 15 October 2013
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An elderly Bosnian Muslim prays outdoors on the outskirts of Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Hercegovina.

Anti-government protestors gesture and shout anti-military slogans outside a mosque in Cairo.
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Members of the Muslim Brotherhood gesture as they shout anti-military slogans in front of Cairo's Amr Ibn El-Aas mosque in Egypt.

Goats on leash being taken to a market for slaughter in Bangladesh.
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In Dhaka, Bangladesh, goats are taken to be slaughtered as sacrificial offerings.

Palestinian children celebrate on the first day of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha at the main street in Gaza City,
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Palestinian children celebrate the festival on the main street in Gaza City.

Man in wheelchair among hundreds of men kneeling in prayer at a mosque in Moscow.
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Russian Muslims brave the cold to pray outside Moscow's central mosque.

Muslim pilgrims throw pebbles at pillars during the "Jamarat" ritual - the Stoning of the Devil - in Mina near the holy city of Mecca.
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Muslim pilgrims perform the ritual of throwing pebbles at three walls - the "Jamarat" - (Stoning of the Devil) - in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca.

A Kyrgyz woman praying alongside a group of men in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
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A lone Kyrgyz woman prays alongside Muslim men on the outskirts of Bishkek.

A man is frisked before being allowed to enter a Sunni mosque for prayers.
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An Iraqi policeman frisks a man attending prayers at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad where is security is tight. A bomb at a mosque in the northern city of Kirkuk killed 11 people.

Man praying on colourful rug in a mosque in Singapore.
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A Muslim man prays at a mosque in Singapore.

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