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Muslims around the world welcome Eid Al-Fitr with prayer

Muslims around the world welcome Eid Al-Fitr with prayer

Muslims perform the morning Eid Al-Fitr prayer outdoors amid the destruction on May 13, 2021 in Beit Lahia in the northern Gaza Strip. (AFP)

Muslims perform the morning Eid Al-Fitr prayer outside the Dome of the Rock mosque in the Al-Aqsa mosques compound in Old Jerusalem early on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims listen to an Imam at a mosque during Eid Al-Fitr celebrations in Manila on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims perform the morning Eid Al-Fitr prayer on the street as authorities closed mosques to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims attend Eid Al-Fitr prayer outside the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims perform Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Abdul Rahman Mosque in Kabul on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims take to the street to participate in Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Lakemba Mosque in Sydney on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Chinese Muslims participate in Eid al-Fitr prayer at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims perform the Eid Al-Fitr morning prayer at Dubai’s Eid Musalla in the old port area on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims attend Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Islamic Center in Lhokseumawe on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

People take part in Eid Al-Fitr prayer on May 13, 2021 at the Grand Mosque in Pristina, Kosovo. (AFP)

A group of women praying in the courtyard of the Roi Faycal Bin Abdoulaziz Mosque during Eid Al-Fitr in Bamako on May 12, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims perform Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the historic Badshahi Mosque in Lahore on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims perform the Eid Al-Fitr morning prayer at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s Makkah on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims gather to perform the Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Martyrs Square of the capital Tripoli, on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

King Abdullah II (2nd L) and his son, Crown Prince Hussein (L), and half-brother Prince Faisal 3rd (C) performing the Eid Al-Fitr prayer at a mosque in the Red Sea resort of Aqabah on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims attend Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Mevlana Mosque in Rotterdam, on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Muslims attend Eid Al-Fitr prayer at Al-Azhar mosque in the Egyptian capital Cairo on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

President Bashar Al-Assad performs the Eid Al-Fitr prayer at the Grand Umayyad Mosque in Damascus on May 13, 2021. (AFP)

Updated 13 May 2021 12:51

May 13, 2021 12:15

Muslims around the world welcome Eid Al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, with eid prayer for a second year in a row under coronavirus restrictions.