Eid al-Fitr 2025 around the world – in pictures

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  • Cape Town, South Africa

    Volunteers prepare food in 183 large pots to make over 90,000 meals

    A man stirs food in one of dozens of cooking pots over log fires
  • Alexandria, Egypt

    Worshippers after prayers on Sidi Bishr Street

    Hundreds of coloured balloons float above a crowd of people
  • Quezon City, Philippines

    People take part in a sack race at a park during celebrations

    A man laughs as he jumps in a sack as spectators watch and smile
  • Quezon City, Philippines

    Girls pass a lime to each other during the celebration games

    A girl tries to tip a lime on the end of a spoon, the handle of which she holds in her mouth, to another girl who also holds a spoon in her mouth
  • Quezon City, Philippines

    A boy’s face is covered with powder during the celebration games

    A boy with white powder on his face
  • New York, US

    People gather for prayers outside of the Masjid at-Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn

    Young Muslim women gather for prayers
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Men hug after attending prayers at the Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek mosque

    Men hug outside the Sultan Abdul Samad Jamek mosque
  • Selangor, Malaysia

    An elder ties a young girl’s hijab before prayers at Masjid Jamek Cina Muslim mosque in Klang

    A young girl looks ta the camera as an elder ties her hijab
  • Salé, Morocco

    A child watches from above as prayers are held in the square

    A child in a hoodie watches hundreds of worshippers from a balcony
  • Istanbul, Turkey

    People take selfies inside the Blue Mosque

    People take selfies inside the Blue Mosque
  • Yaoundé, Cameroon

    Muslims gather at the Yaoundé Central mosque

    Muslims gather at the Yaoundé Central Mosque
  • Beijing, China

    Chinese Muslims eat from a communal table following prayers at Nanxiapo mosque

    Chinese Muslims take food from metal trays
  • Srinagar, India

    Kashmiri children enjoy amusement rides

    Kashmiri children sit in aeroplanes a carousel
  • Ahmedabad, India

    Devotees offer prayers at a mosque in Gujarat

    Hundreds of people, mostly in blue, in a square, photographed from above
  • Srinagar, India

    A young boy buys firecrackers

    A young boy is seen buying crackers from a market stall filled with fireworks
  • New Delhi, India

    Prayers at Jama Masjid in the old quarter

    Hundreds of people pray towards the Jama Masjid mosque
  • Hyderabad, Pakistan

    A young girl attends a prayer service

    A young girl with painted hands
  • Banda Aceh, Indonesia

    A child attends mass prayers at Baiturrahman mosque

    A barefoot child in a poncho stands in puddles near a queue of worshippers
  • Bantul, Indonesia

    Muslims attending Eid al-Fitr prayers with a separation between men, on the right, and women, on the left, at Gumuk Pasir beach

    Aerial photograph of two groups of people in neat rows, one group on the left and one on the right
  • Benghazi, Libya

    A man takes a picture next to a sign that reads: ‘Welcome Eid’

     Welcome Eid
  • Benghazi, Libya

    Children pose for a picture after the morning prayers

    A boy in sunglasses and a decorated jacket puts his arm around another boy and gives a thumbs-up
  • Damascus, Syria

    An aerial picture taken with a drone shows the Eid al-Fitr prayer, at the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

    An aerial photograph of hundreds of people kneeling in prayer
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Musicians play during an Eid al-Fitr rally

    Musicians in decorative outfits march and play
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh

    Adorned horses take part in the Eid Joy procession at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar

    Soldiers on horses, both brightly dressed in red and gold
  • Hulhumale, Maldives

    Spectators gather to watch a firework display

    A crowd watches a sky filled with fireworks
  • Colombo, Sri Lanka

    Women take a selfie after prayers at the Galle Face seafront

    Two women take a selfie at the Galle Face seafront
  • Najaf, Iraq

    Prayers at the Imam Ali Shrine

    Neat rows of worshippers outside the Imam Ali Shrine
  • al-Zubayr, Iraq

    A boy smiles for the camera after early morning prayers

    A boy wearing mirrored-sunglasses smiles at the camera
  • Baghdad, Iraq

    Sunni Muslim worshippers exchange greetings after Eid al-Fitr prayers at the shrine of cleric Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Gailani

    Two Sunni Muslim worshippers embrace outside the shrine of cleric Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Gailani
  • Baghdad, Iraq

    A Sunni Muslim child plays in the rain as she arrives for prayers at the shrine of cleric Sheikh Abdul Qadir al-Gailani

    A Sunni Muslim child in a red robe kicks up a leg
  • Najaf, Iraq

    People visit the tombs of relatives at the Wadi-al-Salam cemetery as is customary on the first day of Eid al-Fitr

    Two women in black sit among the tombs at the Wadi-al-Salam cemetery
  • Doha, Qatar

    Families talk to entertainers as they visit the heritage market at the Katara Cultural Village during celebrations

    A family looks and smiles at Muslim characters with large, cartoon-like heads
  • Mandalay, Myanmar

    Morning prayers take place on a road near destroyed mosques after the earthquake

    People stand and sit in prayer on a street
  • Amman, Jordan

    Muslims attend the Eid al-Fitr prayer

    A family sits on mats with food and drink; a boy gives a thumbs-up to the camera
  • Beirut, Lebanon

    Children play as they enjoy the festive atmosphere

    Children smile as they sit on playground rides
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