• A livestock vendor unloads sheep from a truck ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid Al Adha in Chennai. AFP
    A livestock vendor unloads sheep from a truck ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid Al Adha in Chennai. AFP
  • A vendor holds melons as he waits for customers at a fruit market in Kabul. AFP
    A vendor holds melons as he waits for customers at a fruit market in Kabul. AFP
  • A Palestinian man sharpens a knife that will be used to slaughter cattle or cut meet during Eid Al Adha, in Gaza City. EPA
    A Palestinian man sharpens a knife that will be used to slaughter cattle or cut meet during Eid Al Adha, in Gaza City. EPA
  • A young sheep farmer drags one of his sheep toward the sea in order to clean it in Dakar, Senegal, Western Africa. AFP
    A young sheep farmer drags one of his sheep toward the sea in order to clean it in Dakar, Senegal, Western Africa. AFP
  • A customer arrives with his children to buy a camel in Rawalpindi. AFP
    A customer arrives with his children to buy a camel in Rawalpindi. AFP
  • A trader using a cloth as a protective face mask deals with customers at a livestock market in New Delhi, India. REUTERS
    A trader using a cloth as a protective face mask deals with customers at a livestock market in New Delhi, India. REUTERS
  • Moroccans buy sacrificial animals in the coastal city of Skhirat, south of Rabat. AFP
    Moroccans buy sacrificial animals in the coastal city of Skhirat, south of Rabat. AFP
  • A Palestinian woman prepares traditional biscuits in the West Bank city of Hebron. EPA
    A Palestinian woman prepares traditional biscuits in the West Bank city of Hebron. EPA
  • Jordanian Bedouin women milk sheep ahead of Eid Al Adha. EPA
    Jordanian Bedouin women milk sheep ahead of Eid Al Adha. EPA
  • A shepherd carries a sheep as his herd graze on a hilltop in Ras jebal, Bizerte, North of Tunis, Tunisia. EPA
    A shepherd carries a sheep as his herd graze on a hilltop in Ras jebal, Bizerte, North of Tunis, Tunisia. EPA
  • A truck carrying livestock arrives to a market in Khartoum, Sudan. AP Photo
    A truck carrying livestock arrives to a market in Khartoum, Sudan. AP Photo
  • A child looks at a camel brought from Western Indian state of Rajasthan to Kolkata for Eid Al Adha. AFP
    A child looks at a camel brought from Western Indian state of Rajasthan to Kolkata for Eid Al Adha. AFP
  • The first quarter moon shines above the July Column at the Place de la Bastille during the night of Al Tarwiyah, on the 8th Dhu Al Hijjah, two days before Eid Al Adha, in Paris, France. EPA
    The first quarter moon shines above the July Column at the Place de la Bastille during the night of Al Tarwiyah, on the 8th Dhu Al Hijjah, two days before Eid Al Adha, in Paris, France. EPA
  • A Yemeni at a traditional Turkish bath in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
    A Yemeni at a traditional Turkish bath in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA

Muslims around the world prepare for Eid Al Adha - in pictures

While Hajj is performed by just a few thousand, millions of Muslims around the world get ready for the Festival of the Sacrifice

The National

July 29, 2020

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