In pictures: Muslims across the world celebrate Eidul Azha
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Muslims across the world celebrated Eidul Azha, also known as the feast of the sacrifice, on Wednesday. Celebrated on the 10th of Zilhaj, Eidul Azha marks the culmination of Haj, one of the five pillars of Islam. It marks the end of the Haj and commemorates Prophet Ibraham’s (AS) readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to Allah. This year, Eid is being celebrated across much of the Muslim world under the shadow of the US-Iran war in the Middle East. Muslims attend an Eid al-Adha prayer at a public park, outside El-Seddik Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, May 27. — Reuters Yemenis visit a graveyard on the first day of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, in Sanaa on May 27. — Reuters Muslims gather to take part in a special morning prayer at the Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo on May 27. — Reuters Families of Hezbollah fighters killed in the conflict visit the graves of their relatives on the morning of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, at the Hawra Zaynab cemetery in Beirut’s southern suburbs on May 27. — AFP This aerial picture shows Muslim worshippers offering Eid al-Adha prayers at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on May 27. — AFP Muslims attend an Eid al-Adha prayer at a public park, outside El-Seddik Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, May 27. — Reuters A Yemeni man visits a graveyard on the first day of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, in Sanaa on May 27. — AFP People offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the Railway Ground in Karachi, Pakistan, May 27. — Reuters People visit the graves of their loved ones on Eid al-Adha, in Beirut southern suburbs, Lebanon, May 27. — AFP Yemenis gather to perform morning prayers marking the start of Eid al-Adha, the Feast of Sacrifice, in Sanaa on May 27. — AFP Indonesian Muslim women offer Eid al-Adha mass prayers on a field, with Mount Sindoro in the background, in Butuh village, Wonosobo, Central Java province, Indonesia, May 27. — Reuters A Palestinian woman reacts as she visits a grave at a cemetery on Eid al-Adha, in Gaza City, May 27