Muslims across the world offered special Eid prayers, also known as Salat Al Eid, on the first day of Eid-ul-Adha, which is being observed in several countries today, June 28. In India, Eid-ul-Adha, also known as Bakrid or the Festival of Sacrifice will be celebrated on June 29.(AFP)
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Muslims attend prayers on the first day of Muslim holiday of Eid-ul-Adha at the Zahara Square in Juba, South Sudan on June 28.(REUTERS)
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Muslim pilgrims gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, as they perform Eid-ul-Adha morning prayers in Mecca.(AFP)
Sunni Muslim worshippers perform the morning prayers for Eid-ul-adha at the Mohamed al-Amin mosque on the eastern side of Iraq's northern city of Mosul.(AFP)
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Known as the "big" festival, Eid-ul-adha, or Feast of Sacrifice, is celebrated each year by Muslims sacrificing various animals according to religious traditions, including cows, camels, goats, and sheep.(AFP)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
