Eid al-Adha by Muhammed Muheisen - in pictures

A man sleeps near his goats, displayed for sale. Eid al-Adha is celebrated with the sacrifice of a sheep or goat, to honour the prophet Ibrahim’s pledge to sacrifice his son Ishmael to Allah as an act of obedience. Allah spared Ishmael after witnessing Ibrahim's devotion and instead gave him a sheep to kill. The Bible version has Abraham and Isaac as the father and son. Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Afghan refugee girls celebrate the first day of Eid al-Adha Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A cow is displayed as for sale Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A boy stands next to the two goats he's hoping to sell at a livestock market Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A boy feeds goats wearing sheep-print covers, on sale at a roadside Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Saad Imran, six, walks his painted sheep back home, to be slaughtered Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Pakistani vendor, Khalid Abbasi, 48, rests on his cart after spending the night at a livestock market hoping to sell peanuts on the first day of Eid al-Adha Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Goats are painted to attract customers on the outskirts of Islamabad Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

Sameena Hazrat, five, poses in new clothes Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A woman buys bananas from a vendor standing at a livestock market Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A man stands next to his goats hoping to sell them Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

A boy who was displaced from Pakistan's tribal areas throws a kite into the air to celebrate the Muslim holiday Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP