Considered by many to be the most important festival in the Muslim calender, Eid-ul-Fitr marks the end of Ramzaan.
The month long period of Ramzaan, during which Muslims across the globe fast from sunrise to sunset, culminates into Eid-ul-Fitr, when Muslims and devotees across the world gather in shrines, mosques and Eidgahs and offer prayers and say thanks to Allah for giving them the strength to successfully complete Ramzaan.
Eid is celebrated with the coming up of the crescent moon, and thus usually falls on different dates for Arab nations and Asian countries.
This is how 20 countries across the world looked like on Eid-ul-Fitr this year :
Women offer morning prayers to Allah
Men hug outside of Jami Mosque
Man prays in Shah-i-Hamdaan shrine in Srinagar
American Muslims in Baitul Mosque
Little girls with balloons in war torn Gaza
Israeli children pose with Giant Panda in al-Aksa Mosque square
Muslim men hug at the velodrome of Saint Denis
Pakistani women take selfies outside Badshahi Mosque
People gather in Martyr’s Square to pray, eat and celebrate
Women dress up in traditional clothes on the Eid-ul-Fitr
Women sell food outside Tonson Mosque
Children wait as their mothers pray inside Zitouna Mosque
Child prays at the Galle Face esplanade
A royal musician plays the horn during evening ritual of Waza
A child with henna-dyed hands looks on inside the National Mosque of Kuala Lumpur
Celebration at Parko Dora Park on Eid-ul-Fitr
Muslims praying inside Taza Pir Mosque
Children walk with candles in the procession in their village
Hundreds of Australians throng to the mosque to listen to the Imam
A boy selling sweet buns for iftaar
(All images sourced from AFP)