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Ulet Ifansasti / Scoopt / Getty ### Bearing Fruit  Palestinians buy fruit from a market in the West Bank city of Ramallah in preparation for Eid al-Fitr... Muhammed Muheisen / ap ### In Bloom  ...And a woman in Srinagar, India buys flowers for the festival. Mukhtar Khan / ap ### Meating Point  Palestinians barbecue meat on the second day of Eid al-Fitr, in the West Bank refugee camp of Al-Amari, near Ramallah. Muhammed Muheisen / ap ### All Aboard  Indonesian sailors and their families arrive for prayers in front of their traditional cargo ships known as Bugis boats in Jakarta, Indonesia. Ed Wray / ap ### Fun for all the Family  Festive balloons were for sale outside Jerusalem's Old City on Wednesday October 1. Bernat Armangue / ap ### Fathers and Suns  Afghan men greet each other after Eid al-Fitr prayers at Eid Gah mosque in Kabul. Rafiq Maqbool / ap ### The Circle of Life  And outside the same mosque in Kabul, a child plays with a balloon after prayers. Athar Hussain / reuters ### Street Games  Palestinian children play in an alley in the West Bank refugee camp of Al-Amari. Muhammed Muheisen / ap ### Gift of Peace  With the stunning Dome of the Rock mosque in the background, Palestinians gather to receive gifts handed out during the first day of Eid al-Fitr. Muhammed Muheisen / ap ### Paying Respects  During Eid al-Fitr, Muslim families from the village of Racak, Kosovo, pay their respects at the graves of relatives killed by Serbian forces in the 1999 war. Hazir Reka / reuters ### Light of their Lives  Saudi officials perform Eid al-Fitr prayers at Imam Turki bin Abdullah mosque in Riyadh. The festival begins when the first sight of the new moon is seen in the sky. Fahad Shadeed / reuters ### Community Spirit  Filipino Muslims in Taguig gather to pray early in the morning on the final day of Ramadan. In the Phillipines — which is majority Christian — Eid was recognized as a regular holiday in 2002, in an effort to promote peace between the major religions in the country. JES AZNAR / AFP / Getty ### Remembering Relatives  Palestinians visit the graves of their dead relatives in Gaza City during the morning of Tuesday September 30, the first day of Eid al-Fitr. Abid Katib / Getty ### Peace in our Time  Indonesian Muslims take part in the prayer for peace. Muslims are not only celebrating the end of fasting, but thanking Allah for helping them practice self-control during Ramadan. Ulet Ifansasti / Scoopt / Getty ### The Horrors of War  A Bosnian Muslim covers his face as he prays at a cemetery in the village of Kozarac, in the Serb controlled part of the country. Muslims who returned to this village gathered at the cemetery where their loved ones, killed by Serb forces during the country's war, are now buried. Damir Sagolj / reuters ### Bowing Down  A Muslim girl offers prayers on the occasion of the holiday in Jammu, India. Amit Gupta / reuters ### Telling Stories  A Kashmiri Muslim woman reads the holy Quran to a young girl during special night prayers on the 27th night of Ramadan known as "Shab-e-Qadr". 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