In pictures: 2020's coronavirus-hit Eid al-Adha
Palestinian Muslim worshippers gather at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in occupied East Jerusalem's Old City on the first day of Eid al-Adha. Hundreds of Israeli settlers had provocatively raided the compound in the lead-up to Eid (AFP/Ahmad Gharabli)
A man wearing a fez prays during the Eid al-Adha prayers outside the Hagia Sophia in Istanbul. The ancient building was reconverted to a mosque after eight decades this month by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (AFP/Ozan Kose)
Muslim worshippers, observing social distancing in accordance with coronavirus restrictions, pray on the first day of Eid al-Adha outside the Mohammad al-Amin Mosque in Beirut. A symbolic raised fist erected by protesters during the months-long uprising against the political elite can be seen in the background (AFP/Anwar Amro)
Workers performing Eid al-Adha prayer at the grand mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca. Muslim pilgrims converged today on Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat for the climax of this year's Hajj, the smallest in modern times and a sharp contrast to the massive crowds of previous years (AFP)
An Egyptian boy wears a protective mask inside a slaughterhouse during celebrations marking the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha amid the coronavirus pandemic in Cairo (Reuters/Amr Abdallah Dalsh)
A displaced Syrian boy poses with his new shirt, provided by an NGO as an Eid al-Adha gift, at a camp for the internally displaced near the town of Sarmada in Syria's northwestern Idlib province (AFP/Aaref Watad)
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