Tens of thousands of Muslim piligrims perform the evening prayer in the holy city's Grand Mosque on Nov. 2. Muslims from around the world travel to Mecca, in Saudi Arabia, for each year's hajj. The rites began on Nov. 4 this year.
A participant looks at her phone as Indonesian Muslims attend Eid-Al-Adha prayers in Jakarta on Nov. 6. Muslims worldwide are observing the Eid Al-Adha festival, or Feast of the Sacrifice, commemorating Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son, Isaac.
Pakistani men hold a camel from the back of a car after buying it in al market in Lahore on Nov. 6. Cows, camels, goats, and sheep are traditionally slaughtered during Eid, commemorating Abrahahm's sacrifice.
Sri Lankan women on Galle Face beach in Colombo on Nov. 7. Muslims account for 7.5 percent of Sri Lankans.
Egyptian Muslims attend prayers orgainised by the Muslim Brotherhood as they celebrate in the Nile Delta city of Mansura, north of Cairo, on Nov. 6.
Palestinian girls walk towards Israeli soliders following prayers at the Ibrahimi Mosque or the Tomb of The Patriarch, a religious site to both Muslims and Jews, to mark the first day of Eid al-Adha in the West Bank city of Hebron on Nov. 6.
Muslim pilgrims throw pebbles at pillars during the Jamarat ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, on Nov. 6.
A Pakistani vendor stands next to his goat as he waits for customers at an animal market in Quetta on Nov. 3.
Indonesian boys display their pet doves outside the Jami Roudhotul Falah mosque in Jakarta on Nov. 6.
Hundreds of thousands of hajj pilgrims perform noon prayer at the Nemra Mosque near Mount Arafat, in Saudi Arabia, on Nov. 5. More than two million Muslims massed at Mount Arafat and its surrounding plain, marking the peak day of the annual pilgrimage.
Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound and the home to the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City on Nov. 6.
Saudi police officers monitor closed-circuit television feeds at the Command and Control Center in Mina, outisde the holy city of Mecca, on Nov. 7.
The Saudi Interior Ministry's special forces perform before Interior minister and Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz during a special parade on the eve of Hajj season in Mecca City, on Nov. 1.
Three boys sit near an entrance to the inner courtyard of the 17th-century Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi as they wait for morning Eid al-Adha prayers to begin on Nov. 7. Thousands of Indian Muslims crowded in and around the mosque, the largest in India, to attend prayers during the first morning of Eid.
