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PHOTOS: Eid ul Fitr celebrations around the world

Last updated on: August 31, 2011 16:33 IST

Image: Muslims offering prayers outside the Bandra railway station, Mumbai
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Millions of Muslims around the world celebrated Eid ul Fitr on Wednesday with joy and religious fervour. 

Muslims poured into open prayer grounds and mosques to offer morning prayers to mark the end of the month-long Ramzan fasting. 

Let's take a look at Eid celebrations around the world.

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PHOTOS: Eid ul Fitr celebrations around the world


Photographs: Ajay Verma/Reuters
Children dressed for Eid al-Fitr celebrations walk towards a mosque to offer prayers in Chandigarh

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Photographs: Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters
A girl takes part in celebrations for Eid ul Fitr on Tahrir square in Cairo

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Sunni worshippers and policemen exchange greetings after Eid al-Fitr prayers at a Sunni mosque in Baghdad

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Photographs: Vijay Mathur/Reuters
Muslims raise their hands in worship after observing Eid al-Fitr prayers amidst the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla in New Delhi

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Photographs: Esam Al-Fetori/Reuters
Libyan boys look on during the first day of Eid al-Fitr near the courthouse in Benghazi, Libya.

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Photographs: Erik de Castro/Reuters
A policeman greets a resident after morning prayers outside the Shah-e Doh Shamshira mosque during the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid-al-Fitr in Kabul.

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Photographs: Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
Muslim greet each other after a mass prayer during Eid al-Fitr in Khartoum, Sudan.

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Photographs: Mohamed Abd El-Ghany/Reuters
Children hold balloons as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Tahrir square in Cairo

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Photographs: Will Webster/Reuters
Muslims attend morning prayers for Eid Al-Fitr near the central mosque in Moscow

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Photographs: Ammar Awad/Reuters
Palestinian women greet one another in front of the Dome of the Rock on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in Jerusalem's Old City

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Photographs: Cynthia Karam/Reuters
A Muslim family enjoys a ride on a ferris wheel at an amusement park during Eid al-Fitr in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Indonesian Muslims attend prayers marking the end of the fasting month of Ramzan at Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta

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