Eid al-Adha begins

Filipino Muslim butchers hold down a goat bought for a sacrificial killing during Eid al- Adha at a halal slaughterhouse in Taguig, Philippines Photograph: Aaron Favila/AP Thousands of Bangladeshis cram on to a train at the airport rail station near Dhaka ahead of Eid-al Adha Photograph: Munir Uz Zaman/AFP/Getty Images An Afghan vendor removes dust from bulls, as he awaits customers at a Kabul market in Afghanistan Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP Afghan men wait to perform Eid al-Adha prayers at the Shah-e do Shamshera mosque in Kabul Photograph: Omar Sobhani/Reuters A Palestinian butcher stands by a pen of sheep on the first day of Eid al-Adha in the West Bank town of Aram, near Ramallah Photograph: Tara Todras-Whitehill/AP An Indian shepherd sells his livestock on a roadside in Bangalore Photograph: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images Muslims listen to an imam during morning prayer for Eid al-Adha festival outside the Dongguan Great Mosque in Xining, in Qinghai, China. Photograph: China Photos/Getty Images An Afghan man sprays his cows with an identification mark at Kabul animal market Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP Afghan children watch as butchers, unseen, slaughter a sheep on the first day of Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP A Yemeni boy helps a customer pick a goat at a livestock market in Sanaa, Yemen Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP Afghan women await the start of Eid al-Adha prayers at the Shah-e Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul Photograph: Massoud Hossaini/AFP/Getty Images A sleep slaughtered for Eid al-Adha in the town of Kosovo Polje, in Pristina, Kosovo Photograph: Armend Nimani/AFP/Getty Images Afghans await customers at the animal market in Kabul, Afghanistan Photograph: Musadeq Sadeq/AP A baby sleeps in an hammock as sacrificial animals go up for sale ahead of Eid al-Adha celebrations in Mumbai, India Photograph: Divyakant Solanki/EPA A young Afghan boy leads a buffalo at a livestock market ahead of the Eid al- Adha festival in Kabul, Afghanistan Photograph: Altaf Qadri/AP