Muslims are marking Eid al-Adha, commemorating the willingness of the prophet Ibrahim — or Abraham as he is known in the Bible — to sacrifice his son in accordance with God's will, though in the end God provided him with a sheep to sacrifice instead. The name of the religious day is translated as "festival of the sacrifice". On the first day of Eid al-Adha, Muslims slaughter sheep, cattle and other livestock, and give part of the meat to the poor.
In this picture gallery, IBTimes UK looks at how Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Adha.
A goat tries to escape from the boot of a taxi after being purchased at a livestock market for the Eid al-Adha festival in Kolkata, IndiaRupak De Chowdhuri/ReutersMen deliver a goat to a customer for Eid al-Adha in Jakarta, IndonesiaDarren Whiteside/ReutersA man pulls a camel with his motorbike after buying it at a livestock market for the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Lahore, PakistanArif Ali/AFPA vendor waits for customers at a cattle market, set up for Eid al-Adha, on the outskirts of Jalalabad, AfghanistanNoorullah Shirzada/AFPMen hold a goat to be sacrificed during Eid al-Adha at Niujie mosque in Beijing, ChinaJason Lee/ReutersA Iranian man walks with a sheep he bought at a market in TehranAFPGoat are pictured at a market in Abidjan, Ivory CoastIssouf Sanogo/AFPA bull is pictured at a cattle market outside Islamabad, PakistanCaren Firouz/ReutersA shopkeeper sharpens a knife used for sacrifice ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival at a market in Islamabad, PakistanCaren Firouz/ReutersMen sharpen knives at a shop for the sacrificial Eid al-Adha festival in Karachi, PakistanAsif Hassan/AFPChildren watch as men prepare a cow for sacrificial slaughter for the Muslim holiday of Eid Al-Adha outside a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia/Darren Whiteside/Reuters
Heads of cows are seen after they were slaughtered during celebrations for Eid al-Adha in Yogyakarta, IndonesiaUlet Ifanasti/AFP
Men put out freshly slaughtered goat and cow meat for donation to the poor during the Eid al-Adha festival near a mosque in Jakarta, IndonesiaIqro Rinaldi/ReutersA girl prays during Eid al-Adha celebrations at the Galle Face esplanade in Colombo, Sri LankaLAKRUWAN WANNIARACHCHI/AFPAn Afghan girl rides on a swing during the first day of the Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha in KabulMohammad Ismail/ReutersA Palestinian man holds his chil dressed in festive clothing following prayers marking the first day of Eid al-Adha, on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old CityAmmar Award/ReutersKenyan men take a selfie outside the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque compoundHazem Bader/AFPMuslims arrive to take part in the prayer marking Eid al-Adha in Lagos, NigeriaUtomi Ekpei/AFPPalestinians attend the morning prayer of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Gaza CityMohammed Abed/AFPIndonesian Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayers in Yogyakarta, IndonesiaUlet Ifanasti/Getty ImagesA girl applies henna on a hand of a customer at a stall ahead of Eid al-Adha in Colombo, Sri LankaDinuka Liyanawatte/ReutersAn Egyptian youth performs on his motorcycle after the morning prayer of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in CairoAFPMuslim pilgrims arrive to throw pebbles at pillars during the Jamarat ritual, which symolises the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi ArabiaAhmad Gharabli/AFPMuslim pilgrims throw pebbles at pillars during the Jamarat ritual, to symbolise the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of MeccaAhmad Gharabli/AFPMuslims attend an Eid al-Adha mass prayer near Moscow's grand mosqueMaxim Zmeyev/ReutersA man performs the morning prayer of the Eid al-Adha holiday at the al-Sadeq mosque in Kuwait cityYasser Al-Zayyat/AFPTwo men greet each other after offering Eid-al-Adha prayers at the Shah-e Do Shamshira mosque in Kabul, AfghanistanShah Marai/AFPA family sits in the grass during morning prayers on the day of Eid al-Adha celebrations in Thailand's southern province of NarathiwatMadaree Tohlala/AFPMuslim women pose for a selfie after attending prayers during Eid al-Adha celebrations at a park in Manila, the PhilippinesTed Aljibe/AFPAn Iraqi woman sits next to graves of relatives as she visits the Wadi al-Salam (Valley of Peace) cemetery in the Shia holy city of Najaf in IraqHaidar Hamdani/AFPA vendor prays at a livestock market for the Eid al-Adha festival, on the outskirts of Kabul, AfghanistanWakil Kohsar/AFP
