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Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha

From Jakarta to Jerusalem and from Peshawar to Lagos, Muslims celebrate Islam’s holiest festival.

Eid al-Adha 2016 — A camel for sale decorated with artificial flowers and henna patterns is seen at a makeshift cattle market before the Eid al-Adha festival in Peshawar, Pakistan. [Fayaz Aziz/Reuters]

Eid Mubarak in Arabic means “blessed celebration” and is a common greeting for Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha.

Eid al-Adha is Islam’s holiest festival and is celebrated annually as an official holiday in many countries.

Here is how some people around the world are getting ready for the festivities.

Eid al-Adha 2016 — People travelling home to celebrate Eid sit atop a commuter train in Dhaka, Bangladesh. [Mohammad Ponir Hossain/Reuters]

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Eid al-Adha 2016 — An Afghan checks out dresses on the festive occasion l in Herat, Afghanistan. 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. [Jalil Rezayee/EPA]

Eid al-Adha 2016 — A Yemeni baker prepares cakes at a bakery in the old city of Sanaa. [Yahya Arhab/EPA]

Eid al-Adha 2016 — Rafik al Hibish, 11, feeds his sheep, who will be slaughtered on the first day of the holiday in the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon. Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, commemorates what Muslims believe was Prophet Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son. [Mohammed Zaatari/AP]

Eid al-Adha 2016 — People buy sweets in Jerusalem's Old City before the Muslim holiday. [Ammar Awad/Reuters]

Eid al-Adha 2016 — People attend prayers at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. [Iqro Rinaldi/Reuters]

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Eid al-Adha 2016 — Palestinian children play on a mini-ferris wheel Al-Baqaa refugee camp near Amman, Jordan. [Muhammad Hamed/Reuters]

Eid al-Adha 2016 — People greet each other before a group prayer session for the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, US [Stephanie Keith/Reuters]

Eid al-Adha 2016 — Indian Muslims offer prayers at the Ferozshah Kotla mosque in New Delhi, India. [Showkat Shafi/Al Jazeera]

Eid al-Adha 2016 — Women arrive to attend prayers at an open prayer ground in Lagos, Nigeria. [Akintunde Akinleye /Reuters]

Eid al-Adha 2016 — Egyptians try to catch balloons distributed for free after Eid prayers outside Al-Seddik Mosque in Cairo, Egypt. [Roger Anis/AP]