Eid al-Adha celebrations around the world

A vendor hands over a sheep he has sold to a customer at a market ahead of the Eid-al-Adha festival in Damascus, Syria Photograph: Khaled Al-hariri/Reuters Crowds of passengers pack Dhaka station in Bangladesh. Millions of Dhaka residents travel home from the capital to celebrate Eid al-Adha Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters Indian Muslims attend morning prayers to mark the start of Eid al-Adha at the Jama Masjid mosque in Delhi Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP A man offers Eid al-Adha morning prayers at the Nanguan mosque in Yinchuan, China Photograph: Stringer Shanghai/Reuters A butcher inspects a cow slaughtered for the Eid al-Adha feast in the town of town of Kosovo Polje Photograph: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images Indian Muslims attend morning prayers to mark the start of Eid al-Adha among the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque in Delhi Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP A man slaughters a sheep outside the town of Krasnooktyabrsky in Russia's North Caucasus region of Adygeya at the start of Eid al-Adha Photograph: Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Getty Images A shepherd guides his flock of sheep to market ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Bengalooru, India Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images A boy performs Eid al-Adha prayers at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Photograph: Lai Seng Sin/AP A Muslim pilgrim has his head shaved after throwing pebbles at a stone pillar representing the devil, during the hajj pilgrim in Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The last stage of the annual hajj pilgrimage, the symbolic stoning of the devil, began on Friday. The first day of stoning also marks the start of Eid al-Adha. Photograph: Hassan Ammar/AP Indonesian Muslims attend Eid al-Adha prayers in Jakarta Photograph: Adek Berry/AFP/Getty Images Pakistani women offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Badshahi mosque in Lahore Photograph: Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images A vendor feeds the sheep he hopes to sell ahead of Eid al-Adha morning prayers in Delhi Photograph: Pedro Ugarte/AFP/Getty Images Indonesian boys make their way to Eid al-Adha prayers at Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta Photograph: Firdia Lisnawati/AP A man offers Eid al-Adha morning prayers at a mosque in Maykop, the capital of Russia's North Caucasus region of Adygeya Photograph: Mikhail Mordasov/AFP/Getty Images Young Indian Muslims attend Eid al-Adha morning prayers in Bengalooru Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images Indonesian children watch as goats are slaughtered at the Darul Ehsan mosque in Jakarta Photograph: Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images Bangladeshis prepare a cow for sacrifice at the start of the Eid al-Adha festival in Dhaka Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images A Yemeni boy helps a customer to pick a goat at a livestock market on the eve of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or Feast of the Sacrifice, in Sanaa, Yemen Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Afghan men offer Eid al-Adha morning prayers at a mosque in Kabul Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP A band of Arab Israeli youths, from the scouts youth movement, wait to join a parade for the Eid al-Adha festival in the mixed Arab Jewish neighbourhood of Jaffa, Israel Photograph: Ariel Schalit/AP Senegalese boys coax a ram into the Atlantic Ocean at sunrise to wash it ahead of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha in the Yoff neighbourhood of Dakar Photograph: Rebecca Blackwell/AP Blood flows down the street while children watch on as volunteers slaughter a cow at Daarun Najaah mosque in Jakarta Photograph: Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images Indian Muslims pray at the Jama Masjid mosque, one of India's largest, during morning prayers in Delhi, India Photograph: Kevin Frayer/AP Muslims arrive to cast stones at pillars symbolising satan as part of a pilgrimage rite in Mina Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters