Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr

Men attempt to spot the new moon that marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan and the start of the Eid al-Fitr celebrations ahead of the evening prayer on the Sea Point promenade in Cape Town, South Africa Photograph: Gianluigi Guercia/AFP/Getty Images

Men try to find a place for their shoes before the Eid prayers at the Sheikh Zayed Ground mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Photograph: Kamran Jebreili/AP

A girl attends Eid prayers at a school in Chennai, India Photograph: Babu/Reuters

Female worshippers at Eid prayers at the shrine of Imam Reza in Mashhad, Iran Photograph: Vahid Salemi/AP

A Palestinian takes a photo of al-Aqsa mosque before prayers on the first day of Eid al-Fitr Photograph: Ammar Awad/Reuters

An Indonesian girl stands next to her mother during Eid prayers in Jakarta, Indonesia Photograph: Dita Alangkara/AP

Hundreds of thousands of Muslims perform the early morning Eid al-Fitr prayer in the Saudi holy city of Mecca Photograph: AFP/Getty Images

A child sleeps on the ground during Eid prayers in Diriyah, Saudi Arabia Photograph: Fahad Shadeed/Reuters

A Palestinian holds up a copy of the Qur'an while attending a mass prayer event in Beit Lahia, Gaza City Photograph: Marco Longari/AFP/Getty Images

People enter the Nujie mosque in Beijing, China, during Eid al-Fitr Photograph: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images

Sudanese men and children arrive to perform the early morning Eid al-Fitr prayer in Omar al-Mukhtar Photograph: Ashraf Shazly/AFP/Getty Images

A Sri Lankan boy attends a special prayer to celebrate Eid at the Galle Face esplanade in Colombo Photograph: Lakruwan Wanniarachchi/AFP/Getty Images

Hundreds of Indonesians perform Eid prayers at the old Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta Photograph: Romeo Gacad/AFP/Getty Images

A Palestinian woman reads verses of the Qur'an over the grave of a relative as part of tradition during the first day of Eid al-Fitr outside Jerusalem's Old City Photograph: Muhammed Muheisen/AP

People offer prayers at the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi, India Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP

A flood victim shows her hands decorated with henna by aid workers as Pakistani Muslims prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr at their relief camp in Pakistan's Muzaffargarh district of Punjab province Photograph: Damir Sagolj/Reuters

Villagers and flood victims pray during an Eid al-Fitr mass outdoor prayer ceremony near a relief camp in Nowshera, Pakistan Photograph: Morteza Nikoubazl/Reuters

Palestinians hold up copies of the Qur'an during Eid al-Fitr prayers in Beit Lahiya, Gaza Photograph: Ali Ali/EPA