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Eid 2020 in pics: From Hagia Sophia to Jama Masjid, Muslim worshippers use masks, keep distance while offering Eid al-Adha prayers

Muslims worldwide marked the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday amid a global pandemic that has impacted nearly every aspect of this year's pilgrimage and celebrations. 
Muslims worldwide marked the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday amid a global pandemic that has impacted nearly every aspect of this year's pilgrimage and celebrations. IN PIC: A young woman prays during Eid al-Adha prayers at the historical Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo | AP)
Muslims worldwide marked the start of the Eid al-Adha holiday amid a global pandemic that has impacted nearly every aspect of this year's pilgrimage and celebrations. IN PIC: A young woman prays during Eid al-Adha prayers at the historical Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. (Photo | AP)
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The last days of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia coincide with the four-day Eid al-Adha, or “Feast of Sacrifice,” in which Muslims slaughter livestock and distribute the meat to the poor. IN PIC: Pilgrims walk around the Kabba at the Grand Mosque, n the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, July 31, 2020. (Photo | AP)
The last days of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia coincide with the four-day Eid al-Adha, or “Feast of Sacrifice,” in which Muslims slaughter livestock and distribute the meat to the poor. IN PIC: Pilgrims walk around the Kabba at the Grand Mosque, n the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, July 31, 2020. (Photo | AP)
Muslims pray outside a mosque as they celebrate Eid al-Adha, which Muslims in Russia call Kurban-Bairam in St.Petersburg. (Photo | AP)
Muslims pray outside a mosque as they celebrate Eid al-Adha, which Muslims in Russia call Kurban-Bairam in St.Petersburg. (Photo | AP)
Muslim men wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus offer Eid al-Adha prayers, in Mombasa, Kenya. (Photo | AP)
Muslim men wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus offer Eid al-Adha prayers, in Mombasa, Kenya. (Photo | AP)
Muslim worshippers offer Eid al-Adha prayer at a park as mosques are limited for ten people following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo | AP)
Muslim worshippers offer Eid al-Adha prayer at a park as mosques are limited for ten people following the government's measures to help stop the spread of the coronavirus, in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel. (Photo | AP)
Believers unravel prayer rugs before the start of a socially-distanced Eid al-Adha outdoor service on Friday, July 31, 2020 at NOOR Islamic Cultural Center in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo | AP)
Believers unravel prayer rugs before the start of a socially-distanced Eid al-Adha outdoor service on Friday, July 31, 2020 at NOOR Islamic Cultural Center in Dublin, Ohio. (Photo | AP)
Believers wearing protective masks as a precaution against coronavirus gather for the Eid al-Adha prayer inside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, recently converted back to a mosque, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo | AP)
Believers wearing protective masks as a precaution against coronavirus gather for the Eid al-Adha prayer inside the Byzantine-era Hagia Sophia, recently converted back to a mosque, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo | AP)
Worshippers offer Eid al-Adha prayer while maintaining a social distance in front of the Gazi Husrev-beg mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia. (Photo | AP)
Worshippers offer Eid al-Adha prayer while maintaining a social distance in front of the Gazi Husrev-beg mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia. (Photo | AP)
People offer prayer as families gather on a terrace at Chennai's Tambaram. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS)
People offer prayer as families gather on a terrace at Chennai's Tambaram. (Photo | Ashwin Prasath, EPS)
Devotees offer Eld al-Adha prayer at Jama Masjid in Delhi on Saturday. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
Devotees offer Eld al-Adha prayer at Jama Masjid in Delhi on Saturday. (Photo | Shekhar Yadav, EPS)
Eid Al adha namaz at Shuttariya Masjid near Dabeerpura Darwaza in Hyderabad on Saturday. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)
Eid Al adha namaz at Shuttariya Masjid near Dabeerpura Darwaza in Hyderabad on Saturday. (Photo | Vinay Madapu, EPS)
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