Eid around the world in pictures

IN INDONESIA, HOME TO THE WORLD’S LARGEST MUSLIM POPULATION, MORE THAN 200M BELIEVERS PARTICIPATED IN FESTIVITIES

Millions of Muslims across the world yesterday celebrated Eid Al Fitr with early morning prayers and family festivities after fasting from dawn till dusk during Ramadan.

Known as a time of forgiveness and rebirth, Eid comes with the sighting of the new moon and can last three days, depending on the country.

Significant festival

It is a significant Muslim festival and a public holiday involving activities including prayers, asking for forgiveness. In Pakistan, Eid was celebrated in parts of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa region while rest of the country will be begin the festivities today as the Shawwal moon was not sighted a day earlier.

In Indonesia, home to the world’s largest Muslim population, more than 200 million Muslims participated in festivities.

President Joko Widodo, several ministers and heads of the security forces prayed with thousands in the botanical gardens in Bogor, about 40km south of Jakarta.

Scores of people in other countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar also observed the holiday.

In the Philippines, people crowded streets and parks in the morning to pray together in Manila and Quezon City.

Similar Eid scenes played out in other parts of the world including Yemen, India, UAE, the Netherlands and Afghanistan.

Reuters Around 140,000 Muslims attend Eid Al Fitr prayers in Small Heath Park in Birmingham yesterday.

ANSA AP AFP Worshippers pray to celebrate Eid Al Fitr holiday, at Dora Park in Turin, Italy. Eid Al Fitr is one of the two major holidays in Islam. Indonesians offer Eid prayers at Sleman, Yogyakarta. Mount Merapi is visible in the background. Russia’s faithful pray at the central Mosque in Moscow. Islam is the second most widely professed religion in the country.

AFP Women greet each other before morning prayers yesterday on the morning of Eid at Rasooli Masjid in Pretoria.

AFP Muslims visit a cemetery in Thailand’s southern Narathiwat province to pray for their departed loved ones yesterday.

Reuters Filipino Muslims take a selfie during the first day of Eid before morning prayers at a park in Manila.

AFP Worshippers offer prayers during Friday prayers of Ramadan at a Karachi mosque yesterday. Pakistan celebrates Eid today.