In pictures: Eid al-Adha around the world
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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 festival, which comes at the end of the holy month of Hajj.

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

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

In Dhaka, Bangladesh, goats are taken to be slaughtered as sacrificial offerings.

Palestinian children celebrate the festival on the main street in Gaza City.

Russian Muslims brave the cold to pray outside Moscow's central mosque.

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 lone Kyrgyz woman prays alongside Muslim men on the outskirts of Bishkek.

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.

A Muslim man prays at a mosque in Singapore.