Eid al-Adha celebrations around the world – in pictures

Cattle traders wait for customers at a livestock market in Mogadishu, Somalia Photograph: Ismail Taxta/Reuters

Traders take their cattle to be sold at Gabtoly market in Dhaka, Bangladesh Photograph: Indrajit Ghosh/Demotix/Corbis

A member of the An-Nadzir Islamic sect shouts "God is great" during an Eid al-Adha mass prayer at Mawang Lake in Indonesia's South Sulawesi province Photograph: YUSUF AHMAD/REUTERS

A butcher sharpens his knife after killing a ram in Cairo, Egypt Photograph: Jon Gambrell/AP

Kyrgyz Muslims pray on the first day of the Kurban Bayram celebrations in Moscow Photograph: Dmitry Serebryakov/AFP/Getty Images

A vendor handles a goat at a livestock market in Hyderabad, India Photograph: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images

A man puts up balloons before the early morning prayer in front of Sayyida Zinab mosque in Cairo Photograph: Maysun/Corbis

Indonesian Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayers at Parangkusumo beach in Yogyakarta Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images

Bedouin boys drag a sheep to slaughter in their village of Wadi Naam in the Israeli Negev desert Photograph: Menahem Kahana/AFP/Getty Images

A butcher stands in the blood of an animal sacrificed on the first day of Eid al-Adha in Cairo Photograph: Manu Brabo/AP

Car parts workers talk near the goats they have bought for Eid celebrations in New Delhi Photograph: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

A man lifts a goat on to a motorcycle in Surabaya, Indonesia Photograph: Robertus Pudyanto/Getty Images

Kyrgyz Muslims pray on the first day of Kurban Bayram in the village of Kok-Zhar Photograph: Vyacheslav Oseledko/AFP/Getty Images

A cow balloon flies as women and children attend an Eid al-Adha mass prayer at Parangkusumo beach in Yogyakarta Photograph: Dwi Oblo/Reuters