A look at the best photos from around the world.
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A Kosovo Muslim boy yawns as he offers prayers outside Sultan Mehmet Fatih grand mosque marking the Eid Al Adha holiday in capital Pristina, Kosovo. Visar Kryeziu / AP -
Children wearing South Korea’s traditional costume “Hanbok” walk together hand in hand during a street campaign to encourage people to wear “Hanbok” for the upcoming country’s holiday, Chuseok, the Korean version of Thanksgiving Day, which falls on September 27, in Seoul, South Korea. South Koreans will visit their hometowns during the four-day holiday starting on Saturday. Lee Jin-man / AP -
An Indian boy assists a trader in washing his sheep at a livestock market in Bangalore, India. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid Al Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim’s faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. Aijaz Rahi / AP -
Hasan Mohammad fishes at Tommy Thompson Park located on a man-made peninsula known as the Leslie Street Spit in Toronto. It was created over 60 years ago by the dumping dredged sand, concrete chunks and earth fill, expanding what was once just a thin strip of land in the city’s busy harbour. An unexpected urban oasis, the development brings marshes, lagoons and forests to the centre of Canada’s largest city. Mark Blinch / Reuters -
South African Muslims perform ritual ablutions as they gather for the early morning Eid Al Adha prayer at the Rose Park in Lenasia, 30 kilometres south of Johannesburg. Marco Longari / AFP -
Iraqi Shiite women perform Eid prayers at the headquarters of the Shiite Muslim Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council in Baghdad. Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP
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