Muslims worldwide gather for Eid ul Adha 2024 celebrations

Eid ul Adha 2024: From Moscow, to Basra to Khan Yunis, here's how Muslims observed the auspicious day.

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Eid ul Adha 2024: Eid ul Adha, also known as the Feast of Sacrifice, is celebrated all over the world on June 16. One of the most auspicious occasions observed by the Muslim community, Eid ul Adha is celebrated with a lot of traditions, such as morning prayers, animal sacrifice and Eid-special dishes. Here's how Muslims all over the world celebrated the special day today. (AP Photo, Reuters)

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Outside the Cathedral Mosque in Moscow, Russia, Muslim worshippers gathered for the morning prayers. (REUTERS/Yulia Morozova)

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Muslim worshippers perform the rituals during the morning prayers in front of Cathedral Mosque in Moscow. (REUTERS/Yulia Morozova)

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In Srinagar, people gathered in the markets to buy sweets and bakeries, on the eve of Eid Ul Adha. The festival will be celebrated in India on June 17. (PTI Photo)

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During the celebrations of Eid Ul Adha in St. Petersburg, Russia, Muslim worshippers offered their morning prayers at Moskovsky central avenue. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

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Palestinians offer their morning prayers for Eid ul Adha in makeshift camps at Khan Younis, Gaza. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

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In Basra, Iraq, Iraqi Sunni Muslims exchanged greetings after their morning prayers. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

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Amidst the Israel-Hamas conflict in Khan Yunis, Gaza, Muslims offer their morning prayers by the ruins of Al-Rahma mosque. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

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At Al-Aqsa compound in Jerusalem's Old City, young girls distributed sweets after the Eid Ul Adha morning prayers. (REUTERS/Ammar Awad)

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In Iraq's southern city of Basra, sheep marked for sacrifice wait in an enclosure. Animal sacrifice is practiced in multiple countries on the occasion of Eid Ul Adha. (Photo by Hussein FALEH / AFP)