Photos: Eid al-Fitr closes Ramadan, Muslims celebrate worldwide
August 8, 2013
An Iranian woman prays as she attends the Eid al-Fitr prayer in Tehran, Iran, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. The Eid al-Fitr celebration marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi) ( APTOPIX Mideast Iran Celebrating Eid )
Indian Muslims pray at the Vasi Ullah mosque in Allahabad, India, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) ( APTOPIX India Eid al-Fitr )
Indian Muslim children hug and wish each other after offering Eid prayers in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal) ( APTOPIX India Eid al-Fitr )
Muslims offer prayers on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr in the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla Mosque in New Delhi, India, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das) ( APTOPIX India Eid al-Fitr )
Indian Muslim women offer prayers on Eid al-Fitr in Chennai, India, Friday, Aug. 9, 2013. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Arun Sankar K.) ( APTOPIX India Eid al-Fitr )
A Pakistani beautician paints a hand of a customer with henna ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday in Islamabad, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Pakistani Muslims will start celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday Friday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash) ( CORRECTION Pakistan Celebrating Eid )
Muslim women pray at Jama Masjid on the eve of Eid al-Fitr in New Delhi, India,Thursday, Aug 8, 2013. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal) ( India Eid )
An Afghan man prays to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and the end of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Shah-e Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul on August 8, 2013. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr this week, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 521940220 )
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - AUGUST 08: Indonesian muslims people walks on 'sea of sands' as they prepare for Eid Al-Fitr prayer at Parangkusumo beach on August 8, 2013 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Eid Al-Fitr, marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting and begins after the sighting of a new crescent moon. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 175767333 )
Indonesian Muslims attend Eid al-Fitr morning prayer that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on Parangkusumo beach in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslims have begun celebrating their holiest holiday with solemn sunrise prayers despite concerns over violence looming in parts of Asia and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Gembong Nusantara) ( Indonesia Celebrating Eid )
Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr morning prayer at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing, China Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslims in China celebrate the Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Eid al-Fitr )
Indonesian Muslim youths are seen through the windows of a mosque as they perform Eid al-Fitr morning prayers that mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Porong, East Java, Indonesia, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslims have begun celebrating their holiest holiday with solemn sunrise prayers despite concerns over violence looming in parts of Asia and elsewhere. (AP Photo/Trisnadi) ( Indonesia Celebrating Eid )
Bangladeshi Muslims sit on the roof of a packed train bounding for homebound ahead of Eid al-Fitr as others wait at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. The mass exodus out of the capital and other major cities in the country is underway as millions are heading back to their home towns to celebrate Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad) ( Bangladesh Eid )
Indian Muslims end their day's fast on the last day of Ramadan at The Shahi Jama Masjid in Ahmedabad on August 8, 2013. Muslims across Asia celebrated the Eid al-Fitr festival with lavish feasts and religious services, even as bomb attacks killed at least 52 people in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Eid al-Fitr is set to be celebrated in India on August 9. SAM PANTHAKY/AFP/Getty Images ( 521949397 )
Indian Muslims shop for caps ahead of Eid al-Fitr in Gauhati, India, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath) ( India Eid )
Russian Muslims pray outside a Mosque at Poklonnaya Hill in Moscow ,Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslims in Russia celebrate the Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Denis Tyrin) ( Russia Eid )
A Palestinian woman prays in the Mediterranean sea during the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. The three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. One of the most important holidays in the Muslim world, Eid al-Fitr, is marked with prayers, family reunions and other festivities. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) ( APTOPIX Mideast Israel Palestinians Celebrating Eid )
Palestinian Muslim men perform the morning Eid Al-Fitr prayer in front of the Dome of Rock at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound, Islam's third most holy site, in the old city of Jerusalem on August 8, 2013, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP/Getty Images ( 521940069 )
An Egyptian woman, a supporter of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed, is seen before the morning pray during the celebration of the "Eid al-Fitr" holiday (end of Ramadan) near Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. This year's holiday is overshadowed by the deep divisions in Egypt, with the interim government planning to celebrate the feast with outdoor prayers and protests in town center squares and Morsi's supporters marking the holiday with their own protests and prayers, including at the two major sit-ins by the Islamists in Cairo. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) ( Mideast Egypt Celebrating Eid )
Supporters of Egypt's ousted President Mohammed Morsi pray during the celebration of the "Eid al-Fitr" holiday (end of Ramadan) near Cairo University in Giza, Egypt, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. This year's holiday is overshadowed by the deep divisions in Egypt, with the interim government planning to celebrate the feast with outdoor prayers and protests in town center squares and Morsi's supporters marking the holiday with their own protests and prayers, including at the two major sit-ins by the Islamists in Cairo. (AP Photo/Manu Brabo) ( Mideast Egypt )
A Muslim man looks out from a worship hall as he attends an Eid al-Fitr morning prayer session with others at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing, China Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslims in China celebrate the Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Eid al-Fitr )
Filipino women Muslims play as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at Manila's Rizal Park, Philippines Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( APTOPIX Philippines Eid al-Fitr )
A Muslim girl wears a traditional scarf while taking part in Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslim men and women joined prayers at the Dinamo stadium in the Romanian capital, in the largest Muslim public gathering of the year. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( Romania Eid Al-Fitr )
Nigeria muslims greets the Shehu of Borno, al-Hajj Muhammad al-AmÓn ibn Muhammad al-K‚nemÓ, not seen in picture, during a celebration of Eid al-Fitr in Maiduguri, northeastern Nigeria, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Nigerians in the birthplace of an Islamic uprising gripping the northeast celebrated the Muslim holy day of Eid al-Fitr on Thursday with devout prayers and a joyful show of adulation for their king that attracted more than 10,000 people. It was the first durbar in three years in the city of Maiduguri and the joy that it could take place - albeit amid massive security - was heard in the cries of ululating women, screams of delight from children and men chanting 'Long live the king!' (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) ( Nigeria Feast and Fear )
Indian Muslims shop on the eve of Eid al-Fitr in Allahabad, India,Thursday, Aug.8, 2013. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh) ( India Eid )
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - AUGUST 08: A Javanese elderly woman holds vegetables from the 'Gunungan Lanang' during the Grebeg Syawal ceremony on August 8, 2013 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Grebeg Syawal is a tradition that follows the holy month of Ramadan to welcome Eid Al-Fitr. The tradition involves an offering of vegetables, peppers, eggs, and other items, called 'Gunungan Wadon' and 'Gunungan Lanang' which are brought to the Grand Mosque as part of a symbol of alms from Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to his people. Receiving part of the Gunungan is believed to be good luck and a blessing for the year ahead. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 175769475 )
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - AUGUST 08: Javanese people jostle the 'Gunungan Lanang' during Grebeg Syawal ceremony on August 8, 2013 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Grebeg Syawal is a tradition that follows the holy month of Ramadan to welcome Eid Al-Fitr. The tradition involves an offering of vegetables, peppers, eggs, and other items, called 'Gunungan Lanang' that are brought to the Grand Mosque and invaded by locals as a symbol of alms from Sri Sultan Hamengkubuwono X to his people. Receiving part of the Gunungan is believed to be good luck and be a blessing for the year ahead. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 175769511 )
A Bosnian Muslim man gestures during Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Dzindic wooden mosque in Tuzla, 140 kilometers (87 miles) north of Sarajevo, Bosnia , on Thursday, Aug 8, 2013. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Amel Emric) ( Bosnia Eid )
Kosovo Albanian Muslims visit a cemetery during the holiday of Eid al-Fitr in the ethnically divided northern Kosovo town of Mitrovica, Kosovo, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. About a hundred ethnic Albanian Muslims were escorted by police early Thursday into the Serb run part of the town of Mitrovica to visit graves of family and loved ones, a custom marking Eid celebrations. Mitrovica was split into the northern part controlled by Serbs and the southern part run by Albanians at the end of the 1998-99 Kosovo war. Since then the two sides have lived apart and in enmity. Ethnic Albanian Muslims visit the graveyard in the north twice a year, on religious holidays. Serbs from the north also need escorts to visit graves in the southern part. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu) ( Kosovo Eid )
Afghan refugees living in Peshawar, Pakistan, greet each other during the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Millions of Muslims began celebrating the end of Ramadan on Thursday with morning prayers. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) ( APTOPIX Pakistan Celebrating Eid )
Muslims attend an Eid al-Fitr morning prayer at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing, China Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslims in China celebrate the Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Eid al-Fitr )
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - AUGUST 08: Indonesian muslims perform Eid Al-Fitr prayer on 'sea of sands' at Parangkusumo beach on August 8, 2013 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Eid Al-Fitr, marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting and begins after the sighting of a new crescent moon. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 175767330 )
YOGYAKARTA, INDONESIA - AUGUST 08: Soleh, walks using crutch as he attends Eid Al-Fitr prayer on 'sea of sands' at Parangkusumo beach on August 8, 2013 in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. Eid Al-Fitr, marks the end of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting and begins after the sighting of a new crescent moon. (Photo by Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images) ( 175767326 )
LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 08: Girls eat iced lollies on a bench in Burgess Park on August 8, 2013 in London, England. The Muslim holiday Eid marks the end of 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) ( 175779671 )
A Muslim girl puts her sandals on after the Eid al-Fitr dawn prayer at Lisbon's Martim Moniz square, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Eid al-Fitr, one of the most important holidays in the Muslim world, marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and is celebrated with prayers and family reunions. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ( Portugal Eid al-Fitr )
A Muslim worshipper offers the Eid al-Fitr dawn prayer at Lisbon's Martim Moniz square, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Eid al-Fitr, one of the most important holidays in the Muslim world, marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and is celebrated with prayers and family reunions. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ( Portugal Eid al-Fitr )
Sara, 4 years-old reacts before Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslim men and women joined prayers at the Dinamo stadium in the Romanian capital, in the largest Muslim public gathering of the year. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda) ( Romania Eid Al-Fitr )
Pigeons fly outside the Shah-e Doh Shamshira mosque as Afghans head for morning prayers on Eid-al-Fitr in Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, August, 8, 2013. Eid al-Adha is a religious festival celebrated by Muslims worldwide at the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Ahmad Nazar) ( Afghanistan )
Afghan Muslims hug each other after performing prayers to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and the end of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Shah-e Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul on August 8, 2013. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr this week, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 521940759 )
Indonesian Muslims attend early morning Eid al-Fitr prayers near the coast in Bantul, Yogyakarta in central Java island on August 8, 2013. Tens of millions of Muslims in Indonesia celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday on August 8 following the end of Ramadan. SURYO WIBOWO/AFP/Getty Images ( 521939920 )
Muslims in Denmark celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Valby, Copenhagen, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/POLFOTO, Joachim Adrian) ( Denmark Ramadan )
Indonesian Muslim women attend early morning Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya, eastern Java island on August 8, 2013. Tens of millions of Muslims in Indonesia celebrated the Eid al-Fitr holiday on August 8 following the end of Ramadan. JUNI KRISWANTO/AFP/Getty Images ( 521940784 )
In this photograph taken on August 7, 2013, an Indonesian woman offers flowers on dried volcanic mud for family members who died during a volcano eruption in Sidoarjo in eastern Java island, as Indonesians mark Eid al-Fitr with pilgrimages to cemeteries to remember their dead. The May 2006 disaster killed 12 people, displaced nearly 50,000 and buried 13 villages. M. ANDIKA/AFP/Getty Images ( 521941261 )
Pakistan girls show their hands painted with henna ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Pakistani Muslims will start celebrating the Eid al-Fitr holiday Friday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) ( Pakistan Celebrating Eid )
Palestinian girls take part in the morning Eid al-Fitr prayer in Gaza City on August 8, 2013. Muslims worldwide observe the Eid al-Fitr prayer to mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and the beginning of the new month of blessing Shawwal 1434 Hijriah. MAHMUD HAMS/AFP/Getty Images ( 521940272 )
A Muslim woman burns incense after attending an Eid al-Fitr morning prayer session at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing, China Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. Muslims in China celebrate the Eid al-Fitr that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Andy Wong) ( China Eid al-Fitr )
Muslim girls stretch their hands out to receive water after breaking fast at Jama Masjid ahead of Eid al-Fitr in New Delhi, India,Thursday, Aug 8, 2013. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Tsering Topgyal) ( APTOPIX India Ramadan )
Ayesha Dawood, 12, quietly leaves Reliant Center after the Eid ul Fitr prayer service and celebration on Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013, in Houston. (AP Photo/Houston Chronicle, Mayra Beltran) ( Houston Eid al Fitr )
Filipino Muslims buy balloons during Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan, at Manila's Rizal Park, Philippines Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) ( Philippines Eid al-Fitr )
Kyrgyz muslims pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr at a square in central Bishkek on August 8, 2013. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim calendar's ninth and holiest month during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk. VYACHESLAV OSELEDKO/AFP/Getty Images ( 521940111 )
Palestinian women read from the Quran, Islam's holy book, as they sit at the grave of a relative, as a part of tradition during the first day of Eid al-Fitr which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Jenin, Thursday, Aug, 8, 2013. (AP Photo/Mohammed Ballas) ( Mideast Palestinians Eid )
Afghan men pray to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and the end of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Shah-e Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul on August 8, 2013. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr this week, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk. SHAH MARAI/AFP/Getty Images ( 521939616 )
Iraqi Muslims exchange greetings after the Eid dawn prayers outside the Abu Hanifa mosque on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in the Azamiyah area of north Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2013. The three-day Eid al-Fitr holiday marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan and is traditionally celebrated with special cookies, presents and new clothes. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) ( APTOPIX Mideast Iraq Celebrating Eid )
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