Marking End Of Ramadan

Arab children walk with a horse during the third day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr at a playground overlooking Jerusalem, Sunday, Oct. 14, 2007.

Afghanistan

An Afghan boy watches a man offer Eid al-Fitr prayers at Pul-E-Khashti mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, Oct 12, 2007. Muslim Afghans on Friday began to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

India

An Indian Muslim prays on the eve of Jumat-ul-vida, the last Friday of Ramadan, in Gauhati, India, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Muslims in India will celebrate Eid al-Fitr on Oct. 13 or 14, depending on the appearance of the moon, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

Indian Muslim worshippers attend the last Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan, at The Jamia Masjid mosque in New Delhi, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007, in preparation for the Eid al-Fitr festival. The three-day festival, which begins after the sighting of a new crescent moon, marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, during which devout Muslims abstain from food, drink, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.

Pakistan

Afghan refugees who are living in Pakistan greet each other as they come together to celebrate the Eid a-Fitr holdiay, in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. The Eid a-Fitr holiday marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Pakistani girls show their hands painted with henna to celebrate the upcoming Eid al-Fitr festival, a celebration that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Multan, Pakistan on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007.

Pakistani Muslims offer Jummat-ul-Vida (last Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan) outside a mosque in Karachi, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Millions of Muslims around the world prepare to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr festival, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.

Cyprus

Muslim immigrants living in Cyprus mark Eid al-Fitr at Omeriye mosque in the divided capital Nicosia, Cyprus, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. The three-day Eid Al-Fitr festival marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Bosnia

A Bosnian Muslim man says a prayer during Eid al-Fitr prayers at the White Mosque in Srebrenica, 70 miles northeast of Bosnian capital of Sarajevo, on Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Eid al-Fitr marks the end of holy month of Ramadan during which Muslims all over the world fast from sunrise to sunset.

Gaza City

Palestinian women pray as they read from the Koran, the Muslim holy book, over the grave of the late Hamas militant Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, at the Islamic cemetery on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. In Gaza, the festival is marked by international isolation, empty shelves and bitter internal rivalries, casting a pall over what is meant to be one of the happiest dates on the Muslim calendar.

Indonesia

Muslim women attend morning prayers marking the start of the Islamic feast of Eid al-Fitr at a beach in Yogyakarta, central Java, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Indonesian Muslims on Friday began to celebrate the holiday which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

A Muslim girl takes part in a morning prayer marking the start of the Islamic feast of Eid al-Fitr in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007. Muslim Indonesians on Friday began to celebrate the holiday which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Bahrain

Bahraini boys attend Eid al-Fitr dawn prayers Friday, Oct. 12, 2007, at a mosque in Riffa, Bahrain, to celebrate the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Iran

Iranian Sunni man attends a Friday prayer ceremony in Turkmen, Iran, Friday Oct. 12, 2007. Most of the Middle East on Friday marked the start of Eid al-Fitr, the feast marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan which is supposed to be one of the happiest dates on the Islamic calendar.

Kyrgyzstan

Kyrgyz pray on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, Friday, Oct. 12, 2007, in Bishkek. The oil-rich central Asian state Kyrgyzstan is predominantly Muslim.