Egypt and other Arab countries began celebrating on Sunday, based on an official sighting of the new moon. This is a street scene in the Egyptian village of Dalgamon, 120km (75 miles) north of Cairo.

This little Iraqi girl was dressed up for the holiday in the war-torn city of Mosul, where people marked the first Eid in years away from the Islamic State militant group

These Turkish Muslims in Istanbul said their Eid prayers at the historic Blue Mosque.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (2nd L), still in power after six years of ferocious civil war, attended prayers in the city of Hama.