Celebrations, remembrance, sufferings

Ahead of celebrations of a major festival Eid, Muslims around the world remember their near and dear departed ones.

But, in civil wars, they suffer as life does not come to a halt.

News agency AFP reports, Muslims across the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha by visiting the graves of their loved ones and slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels, marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah and in commemoration of Prophet Ibraham's readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail on Allah's command.

Here are some photographs that show how different is Eid to different groups of people:

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Children dressed in their holiday clothes play on a swing in the opposition-held southern Syrian city of Daraa on the first day of Eid al-Adha on 21 August 2018. In the background is a damaged tank. 

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Afghan shepherds lead their flock away from the scene during ongoing clashes between Afghan security forces and militants near the Eid Gah Mosque in Kabul on 21 August 2018. Military helicopters were firing above a mosque in Kabul's old quarter on 21 August as officials said fighting had broken out between security forces and militants in the Afghan capital, with a barrage of rockets striking the city. 

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An Indian livestock vendor take a nap covering himself in a mosquito net next to his goats ahead of the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in the old quarters of New Delhi on 21 August 2018. Muslims across the world are preparing to celebrate the annual festival of Eid al-Adha, or the Festival of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah and in commemoration of Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah. 

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A general view taken on 20 August 2018 shows a goats and sheep market in Istanbul, ahead of the annual Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha or "Festival of Sacrifice". Muslims across the world are getting ready to celebrate Eid al-Adha by visiting the tombs of their loved ones and slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels, marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah and in commemoration of Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail on Allah's command. 

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A young Palestinian girl flies a helium balloon near the Dome of the Rock at al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city on the first day of Eid al-Adha on 21 August 2018. Muslims across the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha by visiting the tombs of their loved ones and slaughtering sheep, goats, cows and camels, marking the end of the Hajj pilgrimage to Makkah and in commemoration of Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son Ismail on Allah's command. 

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Pakistani men pull a camel after buying it at a live stock market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Karachi on 20 August 2018. Muslims around the world will mark the upcoming Eid al-Adha, the biggest holiday of the Muslim calendar, by the sacrificing of sheep, goats, cows and camels to commemorate Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son Ismail on Allah's command.

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Iraqi children play on swings in a public park in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on the first day of Eid al-Adha on 21 August 2018.

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Syrians visit the tombs of loved ones on the first day of Eid al-Adha in the northern city of Azaz in the rebel-held region of Aleppo province, near the border with Trukey, on 21 August 2018.

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Filipino Muslims pray outside the Blue Mosque in observance of Eid Al-Adha, the second most important holiday in the Muslim world Tuesday, on 21 August 2018 in suburban Taguig city, east of Manila, Philippines. Eid al-Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice is marked in the Philippines with prayers and the slaughter of goats and cows and their meat being given to the poor. 

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Muslims attend a morning prayer at the industrial wasteland of Parco Dora in Turin on 21 August 2018, on the first day the Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, which marks the end of the hajj. The traditional four-day celebratory festival marks one of the holiest days in the Islamic religious calendar. 

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Afghan children stand next to a stream of blood after sheep are slaughtered in the courtyard of a house to mark the Eid al-Adha festival in Kabul on 21 August 2018.

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People buy sweets at a market in the mostly rebel-held northern Syrian Idlib province on the eve of Eid al-Adha on 20 August 2018.