Muslim worshippers gather for Eid al-Adha prayer in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
Eid al-Adha, or the “Feast of Sacrifice,” is an Islamic holiday that begins during the Hajj, on the 10th day of the Islamic lunar month of Dhul-Hijja. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors.
Iraqi Shiite Muslims gather for an Eid al-Adha prayer at the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)Muslim women perform morning prayer marking the Eid al-Adha holiday on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)Muslims prepare to slaughter a goat after performing prayers during Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice holiday, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)Palestinians offer Eid al-Adha prayers beside the ruins of a mosque destroyed by Israeli bombardment, in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)People ice skate on the first day of the Eid al-Adha holiday at Dubai Mall in United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Fatima Shbair)A Muslim boy and others attend Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice holiday prayer in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)Butchers prepare meat from sacrificed sheep for Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice holiday, outside a butcher shop in Idlib, northwestern Syria, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)Muslim boys wait for their father to perform morning prayer marking the Eid al-Adha in Klang, outskirt of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)A Muslim woman walks towards the prayer grounds at Sayo Muhamed School to perform Eid al-Adha prayers amid an Ebola outbreak in Bunia, Congo, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)Muslim worshippers attend the prayer during the first day of Eid al-Adha at the Ottoman-era Sultan Ahmed or Blue mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)Kashmiri Muslims arrive to offer Eid al-Adha prayers inside a Mughal garden on the outskirts of Srinagar in Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)A child looks on as Muslim worshippers gather at Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque during Eid al-Adha in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, fourth from right, prays during an Eid al-Adha service, in the Bronx borough of New York, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)A Palestinian man smokes a cigarette as he sits next next to carcasses of slaughtered goats and sheep in a butcher shop during the Eid al-Adha celebrations on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)A man looks on during Eid al-Adha prayers in an open field in Minna, Nigeria, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)Muslims attend Eid al-Adha or Feast of Sacrifice holiday prayer in Karachi, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Ali Raza)A girl holds a balloon as she celebrates Eid al-Adha with her family after Eid prayers outside Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)Displaced Palestinian children play on a swing at a tent camp during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at a central avenue in St. Petersburg, Russia, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)A man carries a goat during Eid-al-Adha celebrations in Eastleigh, Nairobi, Kenya, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi)A Muslim worshipper is illuminated by sunlight as fellow worshippers perform Eid al-Adha prayers at Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)A woman has her hands painted with traditional henna as she attends Eid al-Adha prayers at historical Badshahi mosque, in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)A Yemeni boy dressed in traditional clothes stands near a crowd of women waiting to perform Eid al-Adha prayers at Freedom Square in Taiz, Yemen, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdulnasser Alseddik)Muslims worshipers offer Eid al-Adha prayers in Gaza City Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)Iraqi Shiite Muslims gather for an Eid al-Adha prayer at the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers inside the Moscow Cathedral Mosque during celebrations in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)Muslim worshipers gather for Eid al-Adha prayers next to the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, Wednesday, May 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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