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  Muslims attend prayers in Jakarta ahead of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha. Millions of Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha or "Feast of the Sacrifice", which marks the end of the annual hajj or pilgrimage to Mecca and celebrates Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to God. (Bay Ismoyo, AFP)
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  Pakistani men ride on a motorcycle as they carries animals ahead of the Muslim sacrificial festival of Eid al-Adha in Lahore. (Arif Ali, AFP)
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  A Palestinian man pets a goat as people gather at a sheep market in Bethlehem. (Marco Longari, AFP)
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  A Libyan man looks at sheep in a local market ahead of the Eid al-Adha celebrations, in Tripoli. (Mahmud Turkia, AFP)
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  Pakistani vendors sharpen knives at a stall ahead of the Muslim sacrificial festival of Eid al-Adha in Karachi. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, honours Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael on the order of God, who according to tradition then provided a lamb in the boy's place. (Asif Hassan, AFP)
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  Children watch as officials slaughter cattle and goats at their neighbourhood mosque in Jakarta. (Bay Ismoyo, AFP)
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  Kuwaiti opposition former MPs Falah al-Sawwagh, Ahmad al-Sadoun, Mbarak al-Walan and Bader al-Dahoum take part in a gathering to mark Eid al-Adha and to protest against the decision by Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah to amend the electoral law despite it having been confirmed by a court last month, at Irada square in Kuwait City. (Yasser Al-Zayyat, AFP)
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  Pakistani Muslims travel on an overloaded train as they head to their hometowns ahead of the Muslim sacrificial festival of Eid al-Adha in Lahore. (Arif Ali, AFP)
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  Pakistani Muslims travel with their animals from a livestock market ahead of the Muslim sacrificial festival of Eid al-Adha in Karachi. (Asif Hassan, AFP)
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  Kuwaiti opposition former MPs Mbarak al-Walan and Bader al-Dahoum give each other a nose kiss during a gathering to mark Eid al-Adha. (Yasser Al-Zayyat, AFP)
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  A Yemeni woman prepares traditional festive cakes in Sanaa. (Mohammed Huwais, AFP)
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  A Yemeni girl shows her arms decorated with traditional henna designs on the occasion of Eid al-Adha, in Sana. (Mohammed Huwais, AFP)
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  A Syrian boy pulls a sheep just bought at a market on the outskirts of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. (Philippe Desmazes, AFP)
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  A Pakistani man decorates his cow as he waits for customers at a livestock market ahead of the Muslim sacrificial festival of Eid al-Adha in Lahore. (Arif Ali, AFP)
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  This handout photograph released by the Presidential Palace shows Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono attending a prayer at the grand Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta ahead of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha. (AFP)
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  Indian Muslims perform congregational Eid al-Adha morning prayers at the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi. (Pedro Ugarte, AFP)
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  Men offer early morning Eid al-Adha prayers in New Delhi. Thousands of Indian Muslims crowded in and around the mosque, the largest in India, to attend prayers for Islam's Festival of Sacrifice. India has the second largest population of Muslim followers in the world with over 150 million faithful. (Roberto Schmidt, AFP)
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  Pakistani Muslims offer Eid prayers at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore. (Arif Ali, AFP)
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  This picture shows Indonesian Muslim children parading with torches as part of the Eid Al-Adha festival in Malang. (Aman Rochman, AFP)
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  Muslims will slaughter cattle and goats, with the beef and meat distributed to the needy in the holiday which honors the prophet Abraham for preparing to sacrifice his son Ishmael on the order of God, who was testing his faith. (Achmad Ibrahim, AP)
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  A Pakistani man is reflected in a mirror while trying on a traditional hat, as he and others buy new clothes for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice", in Peshawar, Pakistan. (Mohammad Sajjad, AP)
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  A Pakistani man pulls a goat after buying it from a livestock market set up in a field, for the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, or "Feast of Sacrifice", during the sunset on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan. (Muhammed Muheisen, AP)

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