Eid celebrations around the world

A Palestinian girl looks at balloons displayed for sale at Damascus Gate leading into the old city of Jerusalem as thousands of Palestinian makes their way to pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the first day of the Muslim Eid Al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Aug. 8, 2013.

Russian Muslims pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr at a square in Saint-Petersburg, Aug. 8, 2013.

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, the Muslim calendar's ninth and holiest month during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk.

An elderly Javanese woman holds vegetables during the Grebeg Syawal ceremony in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 8, 2013.

Grebeg Syawal is a tradition that follows the holy month of Ramadan to welcome Eid Al-Fitr. The tradition involves an offering of vegetables, peppers, eggs, and other items.

Indonesian Muslim women attend early morning Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya, eastern Java island, Aug. 8, 2013.

A customer displays her hands styled with henna during "Chand Raat" or "Night of the Moon" in Hyderabad, India, Aug. 8, 2013, traditionally held on the eve of the festival of Eid al-Fitr.

Two young Muslim girls play a gladiator themed game at a Eid celebration funfair in Burgess Park in London, Aug. 8, 2013.

A child stands in a mosque following an Eid al-Fitr ceremony, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Pristina, Kosovo, Aug. 8, 2013.

Bangladeshi Muslims crowd ferries to head home ahead of Eid al-Fitr in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 6, 2013.

Muslims exchange wishes and blessings after their morning prayer during Eid, in Malacca, Malaysia, Aug. 8, 2013.

A young Chinese Hui Muslim boy watches as people receive blessings from an imam at the historic Niujie Mosque in Beijing, Aug. 8, 2013.

Men pray at a mosque following an Eid al-Fitr ceremony, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Pristina, Kosovo, Aug. 8, 2013.

Hundreds of Muslims perform prayers on the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Aug. 8, 2013.

Kashmiri shoppers look at costume jewellery on display at a market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr in Srinagar, India, Aug. 8, 2013.

A Palestinian walks past balloons displayed for sale at Damascus Gate leading into the old city of Jerusalem as thousands of Palestinian makes their way to pray in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on the first day of the Muslim Eid Al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, Aug. 8, 2013.

Javanese people jostle the "Gunungan Wadon" during the Grebeg Syawal ceremony in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Aug. 8, 2013.

Muslim families make their way through Burgess Park to an Eid celebration fun fair in London, Aug. 8, 2013.

A Bosnian Muslim man attends the Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Dzindic wooden mosque in Tuzla, Bosnia, Aug. 8, 2013.

Muslims pray during an Eid al-Fitr ceremony in Marseille, southern France, Aug. 8, 2013.

Bosnian Muslim women prepare a carpet for Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Dzindic wooden mosque in Tuzla, north of Sarajevo, Bosnia, Aug 8, 2013.

A Muslim woman enjoys an ice cream during an Eid celebration fun fair in Burgess Park in London, Aug. 8, 2013.

Syrian refugees greet each other after prayer during Eid al-Fitr at the Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Aug. 8, 2013.

A young Muslim girl rides on a fake camel ride at a Eid celebration funfair in Burgess Park, London, Aug. 8, 2013.

Muslims pray during an Eid al-Fitr ceremony in Marseille, southern France, Aug. 8, 2013.

A young Muslim girl blows bubbles at an Eid celebration fun fair in Burgess Park, London, Aug. 8, 2013.

Members of the Muslim brotherhood and supporters of ousted Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi perform noon prayers at a pro-Morsi sit-in outside the Rabaa al-Adawiya mosque on the first day of Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Cairo, Aug. 8, 2013.

An Indian Muslim family buys new clothes on the eve of Eid al-Fitr festival in the old quarters of New Delhi, India, Aug. 8, 2013.

An Iraqi woman visits the grave of a relative who died in the recent war, during the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Ghazali cemetery in Baghdad, Aug. 8, 2013.

Bangladeshi Muslims try to board a packed train ahead of Eid al-Fitr as others wait at a railway station in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Aug. 8, 2013.

A girl takes part alongside men in Eid al-Fitr prayers in Bucharest, Romania, Aug. 8, 2013.

Syrian refugees chant slogans against Syrian President Bashar Assad after the prayer of the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Zaatari Syrian refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, Aug. 8, 2013.