Muslims celebrate Eid across the world

Kashmiri Muslim men offer prayers during Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, in Srinagar. (Source: AP)

A young sheep vendor feeds a sheep as he awaits customers at a market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, in Srinagar. (Source: AP)

Sheep are kept for sale at a market ahead of the Muslim festival Eid al-Adha, in Srinagar. (Source: AP)

Kashmiri Muslims watch from a window as a sheep is sacrificed on the occasion of the religious festival of Eid al-Adha in Srinagar. (Source: AP)

Muslims offer prayers to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha at Jama Masjid in New Delhi.
Muslims in the country celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by slaughtering sheep, goats and cows. (Source: AP)

A man carries a child as they gather to offer prayers at Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi. (Source: AP)

Muslims offer prayers to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha at Jama Masjid in New Delhi. (Source: AP)

Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, at the Taj Mahal monument in Agra. (Source: AP)

Muslims on their way back after offering prayer on Eid al-Adha in New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

A Delhi police personnel keeps an eye as Muslims offer prayer on Eid al-Adha celebrations at Sadar Bazar in New Delhi on Monday. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

A Muslim family on their way to offer prayers on Eid al-Adha celebrations, in New Delhi. (Source: Express photo by Ravi Kanojia)

A young girl is seen praying at Red Road in Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

Kids greet each other Red Road in Kolkata. (Source: Express photo by Partha Paul)

Muslims offer special prayers at the Qutb-e-Alam shrine ahead of Eid al-Adha, in Ahmedabad.
Eid-ul-Azha will be celebrated on October 6 in the national capital with Muslims offering special prayers in Eidgahs and mosques and sacrificing animals, even as security arrangement was stepped up ahead of the festival. (Source: AP)

A vendor feeds a goat as he awaits customers at a live-stock ahead of Eid-al-Adha festival in Allahabad. (Source: AP)

Vendors await customers at a live-stock ahead of Eid-al-Adha festival in Allahabad. Eid-ul-Azha commemorates the willingness of Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to Allah. (Source: AP)

A young vendor awaits customers at a live-stock ahead of Eid-al-Adha festival in Allahabad. (Source: AP)

Palestinians enjoy a ride in an amusement park during Eid al-Adha, a holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide, in the West Bank city of Jenin on Sunday.
Muslims mark Eid al-Adha, a three-day holiday that started Saturday across much of the Middle East. It commemorates the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim - or Abraham as he is known in the Bible - to sacrifice his son in accordance with God's will, though in the end God provides him a sheep to sacrifice instead. (Source: AP)

Palestinian women are seen enjoying a ride in an amusement park during Eid al-Adha. (Source: AP)

Iraqi Shiite Muslim women attend the Eid al-Adha prayer, inside the party headquarters of the Supreme Islamic Council, in Baghdad, Iraq.
Muslims all over the world are celebrating Eid al-Adha by sacrificing sheep, goats, cows and camels, to commemorate the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son, Ismail, on God's command. (Source: AP)

Iraqi Shiite Muslims attend an Eid al-Adha prayer. (Source: AP)

A Sri Lankan Muslim family shops ahead of Eid al-Adha festival in Colombo, Sri Lanka. (Source: AP)

Scores of Muslims gathered for namaz at suburban Bandra station in Mumbai on Bakri Eid. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

A father adjusts the scarf on his son’s head before the prayers. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Devotees hold their hands up in prayer. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)

Gathered outside the station, devotees bow during the namaz. (Source: Express Photo by Ganesh Shirsekar)