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In pictures: Eid-ul-Azha around the world

Prothom Alo English Desk

Eid al-Adha, one of the main religious festivals on the Muslim calendar, is an annual feasting holiday marked by the slaughter of an animal -- typically a goat, sheep, cow, bull or camel.  Muslim celebrates Eid al-Adha in various countries around the world.

This aerial view shows Albanian Muslim worshippers performing the Eid-ul-Azha prayer near the Grand Mosque at the main square in Durres on 6 June 2025.
A woman reacts as she salvages tree branches to be used for firewood from the rubble outside a damaged building at the site of an overnight Israeli airstrike in Lebanon's southern village of Ain Qana on 6 June 2025. The attack on what the Israeli military said was Hezbollah's underground drone factories came on the eve of Eid-ul-Azha, one of the main religious festivals on the Muslim calendar.
A woman speaks with an Israeli army soldier standing outside an armoured vehicle at a cemetery in Jenin in the occupied West Bank early on 6 June 2025 on the first day of Eid-ul-Azha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice.
Syrians participate in a special morning prayer on the first day of the Muslim Eid-ul-Azha festival in Damascus on 6 June 2025.
Mayor of Bethune Olivier Gacquerre (C), delivers a speech next to his deputy Francis Cordonnier (R) as Muslim faithfuls gather to celebrate Eid-ul-Azha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice, at a Mosque inBethune, northern France on 6 June 2025.
Muslim worshippers attend the early morning prayers for Eid-ul-Azha, the feast of sacrifice, at the make-shift prayer room of a mosque in the Abu Amin neighbourhood in northeastern Gaza City on 6 June 2025.
Muslim worshippers perform the early morning prayers for Eid-ul-Azha, at the Grand Mosque in Pristina, Kosovo on 6 June 2025.
A boy interacts with a calf in a pen at a farm on the outskirts of Jenin in the occupied West Bank on 6 June 2025 on the first day of Eid-ul-Azha, the Muslim feast of sacrifice.
Muslim devotees offer Eid-ul-Azha prayers on a street in central Saint Petersburg, Russia on 6 June 2025.
Muslims arrive for the morning prayers at the Taibah mosque in Amsterdam, Netherlands on 6 June 2025, on the first day of Islam's most important festival, the Feast of Sacrifice (Eid-ul-Azha).
Muslim worshippers perform the early morning prayers for Eid-ul-Azha, the feast of sacrifice, near the ancient Egyptian Abusir pyramids necropolis in the village of Abusir in the south of Giza province in on 6 June 2025.
People watch a traditional ritual Eid Malhi, a palm leaf pyre, which marks the beginning of Eid-ul-Azha festivities in Hulhumale, in Maldives, on 5 June 2025.
A girl looks on as Muslims participate in a special morning prayer to mark the start of the Eid-ul-Azha festival at the shrine of 12th-century Sunni cleric Abdul Qadir al-Jilani in Baghdad on 6 June 2025.
This aerial picture shows Muslims participating in a special morning prayer to mark the start of the Eid-ul-Azha festival at a park along the beach in Jaffa, Israel on 6 June 2025.
Muslims pray around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia early on 6 June 2025.
Muslims take pictures with their mobile phones before a special morning prayer around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 6 June 2025, to mark the start of the Eid-ul-Azha festival, which marks the end of their Hajj pilgrimage.
A Muslim man celebrates with a child after participating in a special morning prayer on the first day of the Eid-ul-Azha festival, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City on 6 June 2025.
Muslims take part in a flag-raising ceremony and listen to China's national anthem prior to offering Eid-ul-Azha special prayers at a mosque in Beijing on 6 June 2025.
This aerial picture shows Muslim worshippers offering Eid-ul-Azha special prayers at the Baiturrahman grand mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on 6 June 2025.
Filipino Muslims gather during the celebration of Eid-ul-Azha at the Blue Mosque in Taguig, Metro Manila, Philippines on 6 June 2025.
Muslim worshippers offer Eid-ul-Azha prayers at Al-Bayt Al-Islami Mosque in Sydney, Australia on 6 June 2025, as they celebrate the religious festival.
Muslims gather for the prayer that marks the beginning of the celebrations of the Eid al-Adha in Nairobi on 6 June 2025.
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