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Timelapse of Muslim worshippers circling the Kaaba as thousands of pilgrims flocked to Saudi Arabia's Mecca, Islam's holiest city, on the first day of Eid al-Adha. IMAGES
Pilgrims perform the last major ritual of the hajj, the "stoning of the devil", in western Saudi Arabia, as Muslims the world over celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday.Beginning at dawn, the 1.8 million Muslims undertaking the pilgrimage this year will throw seven stones at each of three concrete walls symbolising the devil in the Mina valley, located outside Mecca, the holiest city in Islam. IMAGES
President Emmanuel Macron is given a red carpet welcome and an elephant honour guard as he starts a two-day visit to India, with France eyeing lucrative deals with the world's fifth-largest economy. IMAGES
Muslims in Aceh on Indonesia's Sumatra island gathered at the Baiturrahman Grand Mosque to perform Eid al-Adha prayers, one of the biggest holidays in the Islamic calendar. IMAGES
Sudanese worshippers attend prayers of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at al-Hara al-Rabaa mosque in Khartoum's twin city Omdourman. Sudan's warring forces battled for the seventh day with heavy gunfire and explosions, as they ignored appeals by world powers for an end-of-Ramadan ceasefire. IMAGES
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