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Eid al-Fitr 2014 Photos Show Muslims Celebrating Around The World

PHOTOS: Muslims Celebrate Eid Around The World

With the end of Ramadan comes Eid al-Fitr, a celebration in which Muslims engage in prayer, give to charity and enjoy feasts in the homes of friends and family.

Here's what celebrations of Eid looked like around the world this year.

Muslim men, bowing toward Mecca, offer Eid al-Fitr prayers that mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan as police guard them at the main mosque in Moscow, Russia.

A child stands up as Muslim worshippers pray during the first day of Eid al-Fitr, that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Lisbon's Martim Moniz square on July 28, 2014.

Iraqi Sunni Muslims perform prayers in the capital Baghdad, on July 28, 2014.

An Indian Muslim girl displays her henna-decorated hands at a roadside stall ahead of the Muslim festivities of Eid al-Fitr, in Mumbai, India on July 28, 2014.

Indian Muslims shop ahead of Eid al-Fitr in the old city section of Hyderabad, India on July 28, 2014.

Indian Muslims shop ahead of Eid al-Fitr in the old city section of Hyderabad, India on July 28, 2014.

Kirkuk provincial Governor Najm al-Din Karim (centre-left) has lunch with Kurdish peshmerga forces in the district of Daquq, 45 kms south of the multi-ethnic northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on July 28, 2014.

Nigerian Muslims pray on July 28, 2014 at the National Stadium parking lot in Lagos. A female suicide bomber killed several people in northern Nigeria's Kano city on July 28, witnesses said, after weekend violence blamed on Boko Haram forced authorities to cancel festivities marking a major Muslim holiday.

Afghan refugees and Pakistani men offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan on the outskirts of Peshawar on July 28, 2014.

Children ride on tea cups during an Eid celebration in Burgess Park on July 28, 2014 in London, England.

Muslim women pray inside Hala Sultan Tekke mosque in the coastal Cypriot city of Larnaca on July 28, 2014 on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.

Palestinian Muslims perform the morning Eid al-Fitr prayer in front of the Dome of the Rock at al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third most holy site in the old city of Jerusalem, on July 28, 2014.

A Palestinian flashes the sign of victory holding a scarf reading "Palestine" during a demonstration against Israel's military offensive on the Gaza Strip on July 28, 2014 at al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem, on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.

An Egyptian child plays as Muslims pray Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at Al-Azhar mosque, the highest Islamic Sunni institution, in Cairo, Egypt on July 28, 2014.

An Afghan soldier stands guard during Eid al-Fitr prayers in Kandahar, south of Kabul, Afghanistan on July 28, 2014.

Egyptians perform Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at Al-Azhar mosque, the highest Sunni Islamic institution, in Cairo, Egypt on July 28, 2014.

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