Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Fitr at the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA
Published July 7, 2016 at 5:56 PM Updated July 7, 2016 at 6:13 PM
Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr. It is a three-day festival, which begins after the sighting of a new crescent moon. It marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan during which devout Muslims abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk.
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Eid al-Fitr festival in Syria
Syrian children ride on an attraction as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Syria's rebel-held northwestern city of Idlib on July 6, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Omar haj kadour
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
An Indian girl has decorative henna designs applied to her hands at a roadside stall ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of Ramadan in Mumbai on July 6, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
Muslims get ready to pray in a side street near the Jama Masjid mosque on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr festival which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in New Delhi on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT
Eid al-Fitr festival in Pakistan
Pakistani residents ride boats as the Eid holiday continues at Sardaryab, a tourist and picnic spot near Peshawar, on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / A MAJEED
Eid al-Fitr festival in Pakistan
Pakistani visitors ride camels along Clifton Beach as celebrations to mark the Eid-al-Fitr holiday continue in Karachi on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Rizwan TABASSUM
Eid al-Fitr festival in Pakistan
Pakistani visitors ride camels along Clifton Beach as celebrations to mark the Eid-al-Fitr holiday continue in Karachi on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Rizwan TABASSUM
Eid al-Fitr festival in Pakistan
Pakistani residents ride boats as the Eid holiday continues at Sardaryab, a tourist and picnic spot near Peshawar, on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / A MAJEED
Eid al-Fitr festival in Palestinian
Palestinian children play with toy guns in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on July 7, 2016, on the second day of Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. / AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Fitr at the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / Chandan KHANNA
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
An Indian Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers in Chennai on July 7, 2016, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. / AFP PHOTO / ARUN SANKAR
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
Indian Muslims offer Eid prayers on a street in the Masab Tank Area of Hyderabad on July 7, 2016, at the start of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan. / AFP PHOTO / NOAH SEELAM
Eid al-Fitr festival in Palestinian
A Palestinian boy rides a camel in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on July 7, 2016, on the second day of Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. / AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB
Indian Bollywood celebrating Eid al-Fitr
Indian Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan addresses fans during a media event to mark the Eid al-Fitr festival in Mumbai on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / INDRANIL MUKHERJEE
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
A young Indian Muslim girl sits among her elders during Eid-al-Fitr prayers at Chamrajpet Idgah Maidan in Bangalore on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / MANJUNATH KIRAN
Eid al-Fitr festival in Myanmar
Myanmarese orphans fold ceremonial cloth after prayers marking Eid al-Fitr at the Muslim Women's orphanage centre in Yangon on July 7, 2016.
The orphanage houses about 60 children, some of whom lost their parents during the 2008 Cyclone Nargis and others who were abandoned due to poverty. / AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
Eid al-Fitr festival in Myanmar
Myanmarese orphan Htat Thiri Hling, 11, poses for a photograph wearing "thanaka", a traditional facial cosmetic, after prayers marking Eid al-Fitr at the Muslim Women's orphanage centre in Yangon on July 7, 2016.
The orphanage houses about 60 children, some of whom lost their parents during the 2008 Cyclone Nargis and others who were abandoned due to poverty. / AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
Eid al-Fitr festival in Myanmar
Two Myanmar orphans stand together at the Muslim women's orphanage center in Yangon after prayers marking Eid al-Fitr on July 7, 2016 to celebrate the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan.
The orphanage houses about 60 children, some who lost their parents during Cyclone Nargis in 2008 and others abandoned by parents due to poverty. / AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
Eid al-Fitr festival in Myanmar
Myanmar Muslims pray at the Narsapuri mosque to mark Eid al-Fitr in Yangon on July 7, 2016 as the country's Muslims celebrate the end of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan. / AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
A Muslim man walks into the courtyard of the Jama Masjid as he and others wait for the start of morning prayers on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr festival which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in New Delhi on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / ROBERTO SCHMIDT
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
Indian Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at The Taj Mahal in Agra on July 7, 2016, as they mark the end of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. / AFP PHOTO / STR
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
Rohingya muslim girl, Roshida holds up a ten rupee not which she received as a gift for Eid al-Fitr celebration at a slum in New Delhi on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / MONEY SHARMA
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
Indian Muslims embrace after offering Eid prayers on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr festival which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan at the Kharudin Mosque in Amritsar on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU
Eid al-Fitr festival in U.S.
Arshad Farooq (C) helps with preparing bowls of assorted snacks, including Samosas and Chocolate cake, for the feasting while celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of fasting during the month-long Ramadan, at the Baitul Hameed Mosque in Chino, California on July 6, 2016.
The Pew Research center estimated earlier this year there were about 3.3 million Muslims of all ages living in the United States in 2015.
/ AFP PHOTO / Frederic J. BROWN
Eid al-Fitr festival in India
Indian Muslims offer Eid prayers on the occasion of the Eid al-Fitr festival which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan at the Kharudin Mosque in Amritsar on July 7, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / NARINDER NANU
Eid al-Fitr festival in Turkey
Turkish Cypriot Muslim women pray inside the Hala Sultan Tekke mosque, or the Mosque of Umm Haram, in the Cypriot southeastern port city of Larnaca on July 7, 2016, during a prayer service organised for pilgrims who reside in the northern part of the island.
The ancient site is revered by Muslims worldwide because it reputedly contains the burial place of the prophet Mohammed's paternal aunt Umm Haram (Hala Sultan is the Turkish name).
The pilgrimage was organised on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. / AFP PHOTO / Florian CHOBLET
Eid al-Fitr festival in U.S.
The Empire State Building lit green in honor of Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of fasting during the month-long Ramadan, in New York on July 6, 2016.
Brigitte DUSSEAU / AFP
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