Eid around the world in photos: August 1

A look at celebrations for Eid Al Adha around the world in spite of coronavirus

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  Worshippers wearing masks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, offer Eid al-Adha prayer while maintaining a social distance in front of the Gazi Husrev-beg mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia, Friday, July 31, 2020. Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, Islam's most important holiday, marks the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Kemal Softic)

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  epa08578244 Muslims devotees gather to perform Eid al-Adha prayer at the Galle Face Seafront in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 01 August 2020. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE

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  Muslim girls with henna-decorated hands look out from a car on Eid in Mumbai, India, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, is marked by sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

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  Muslim devotees offer prayers during the Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, in Karachi on August 1, 2020. / AFP / Rizwan TABASSUM

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  Women share Eid greetings after Eid al-Adha prayers at the historical Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020. During Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, Muslims slaughter sheep or cattle and distribute portions of the meat to the poor. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

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  epa08578304 A Palestinian man walks in an empty street in Nablus, West Bank, 01 August 2020. Palestinian authorities have announced a three-day lockdown during the Eid al-Adha holidays. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/ALAA BADARNEH

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  epa08578247 Muslim devotees perform Eid al-Adha prayers at the Galle Face Seafront in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 01 August 2020. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/CHAMILA KARUNARATHNE

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  TOPSHOT - Muslim devotees arrive to offer a special morning prayer to kick off the Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, at Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi on August 1, 2020. / AFP / Money SHARMA

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  epa08578204 Meat is prepared during an Eid al-Adha celebration in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, 01 August 2020. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK

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  Muslims pray outside a mosque due to limitations and restrictions to halt the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus during the Eid al-Adha festival in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on July 31, 2020. Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Adha (the feast of sacrifice), the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide marking the end of the annual pilgrimage or Hajj to the Saudi holy city of Mecca. / AFP / Madaree TOHLALA

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  Imam Abdel Moniem sings before the start of a socially-distanced Eid al-Adha outdoor service on Friday, July 31, 2020 at NOOR Islamic Cultural Center in Dublin, Ohio. During the service, muslims were able to pray in front of their vehicles in the parking lot, where cars were parked in every other space to maintain social distancing. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

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  The communal areas are disinfected between prayer sessions, at Minhaj-ul-Quran Mosque, at the start of Eid al-Adha, in London, Friday, July 31, 2020. Britain’s health secretary is defending the government’s abrupt re-imposition of restrictions on social life across a swath of northern England. Matt Hancock says it's important to clamp down quickly on new outbreaks of COVID-19. The affected region has a large Muslim population, and the restrictions come prior to the Eid al-Adha holiday starting on Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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  People wear face coverings and bags to carry their shoes, as they queue to enter the Minhaj-ul-Quran Mosque, at the start of Eid al-Adha, in London, Friday, July 31, 2020. Britain’s health secretary is defending the government’s abrupt re-imposition of restrictions on social life across a swath of northern England. Matt Hancock says it's important to clamp down quickly on new outbreaks of COVID-19. The affected region has a large Muslim population, and the restrictions come prior to the Eid al-Adha holiday starting on Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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  People are socially distanced as they listen to Imam Muhammad Zeeshan at Minhaj-ul-Quran Mosque, at the start of Eid al-Adha, in London, Friday, July 31, 2020. Britain’s health secretary is defending the government’s abrupt re-imposition of restrictions on social life across a swath of northern England. Matt Hancock says it's important to clamp down quickly on new outbreaks of COVID-19. The affected region has a large Muslim population, and the restrictions come prior to the Eid al-Adha holiday starting on Friday. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

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  Hundreds of faithful gather early in the morning outside Istanbul's iconic Hagia Sophia for Eid-al Adha prayers, in Istanbul, Friday, July 31, 2020. Small groups of pilgrims performed one of the final rites of the Islamic hajj on Friday as Muslims worldwide marked the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday amid a global pandemic that has impacted nearly every aspect of this year’s pilgrimage and celebrations. The last days of hajj coincide with the four-day Eid al-Adha, or “Feast of Sacrifice,” in which Muslims slaughter livestock and distribute the meat to the poor. (AP Photo/Cavit Ozgul)

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  Mullahs wearing masks to help stop the spread of the coronavirus wait for Eid al-Adha prayer while maintaining a social distance at the main Mosque in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 31, 2020. Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, Islam's most important holiday, marks the willingness of the Prophet Ibrahim to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

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  SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - JULY 29: A man arranges fabric at a store ahead of Eid Al-Adha on July 29, 2020 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Eid al-Adha is the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated by Muslims worldwide each year, the other being Eid al-Fitr. Celebrations are subdued in many places this year due to covid-19 restrictions on travel and gatherings. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)

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  epa08575819 Members of the muslim community leave after celebrating the Islamic holiday of Eid al-Adha at the Auburn Gallipoli Mosque in Sydney, Australia, 31 July 2020. New South Wales has granted an exemption for 400 people to gather at a mosque in western Sydney to celebrate Eid. Eid al-Adha is the holiest of the two Muslims holidays celebrated each year, it marks the yearly Muslim pilgrimage (Hajj) to visit Mecca, the holiest place in Islam. Muslims slaughter a sacrificial animal and split the meat into three parts, one for the family, one for friends and relatives, and one for the poor and needy. EPA/JOEL CARRETT AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND OUT

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  Muslims wearing protective face masks leave a mosque after Eid al-Adha prayers, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia July 31, 2020. REUTERS/ Lim Huey Teng

Masked and socially distanced to fight the coronavirus, Muslims around the world held prayers on Friday to mark the festival of Eid Al Adha, with mosques at reduced capacity and some praying in the open air.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman bin Abdulaziz, 84, whose country is home to two of Islam's holiest sites, tweeted holiday congratulations a day after leaving hospital in Riyadh. The Haj pilgrimage is being held in the country with attendance drastically reduced.

In Istanbul, Muslims held Eid Al Adha prayers at Hagia Sophia for the first time since the historic building was reconverted to a mosque this month following a court ruling revoking its status as a museum that drew criticism from Western countries.

In Lebanon, devastated by economic crisis, many found it hard to afford traditional Eid customs. In Tripoli, the country's second city, there were no decorations or twinkling lights, and no electricity to power them.

Instead, a large billboard read: "We're broke."

Around the world, the festival had to fit in with the realities of the coronavirus.