In pictures: Eid al-Fitr celebrations around the world

Millions of Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting

A family hook-a-duck at the funfair in Small Heath Park in Birmingham, United Kingdom. Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

20 March 2026

Millions of Muslims around the world are marking Eid al-Fitr, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar.

Following a month of daytime fasting, many are celebrating the occasion with morning congregational prayers, visits with relatives and friends as well as exchanging gifts and greetings.

New York City’s mayor, Zohran Mamdani, performs Eid Al-Fitr prayer with Muslim New Yorkers in Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Photo by Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images

People gather in Birmingham’s Small Heath Park to perform Eid al-Fitr prayers this morning. Photograph by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Children enjoy candy floss in Ar-Rakhma Mosque in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph by Danylo Antoniuk/Anadolu via Getty Images

Eid festivities in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia. Photograph by Adriana Adie/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Muslims perform Eid prayers in a football stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Photograph by Fadel Dawod/Getty Images

Post-Eid prayers at Unity Stadium in Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photograph by Jospin Mwisha/AFP/Getty Images

Eid al-Fitr celebrations In Gaza City. Photograph by Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto/Getty Images

Children celebrate after Eid prayers in the city of Al-Zubair in Basra province, southern Iraq. Photograph by Hussein Faleh/AFP/Getty Images

Community prayers outside the Masjid-At-Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn, New York. Photograph by Charly Triballeau/ AFP via Getty Images

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