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Muslim worshippers gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca to perform Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. IMAGES
Aerial view of Mecca's Grand Mosque, the clock tower, the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the centre, and Mount Arafat as the hajj winds down. IMAGES
Muslims go about their business around Stockholm's Grand Mosque under a heightened police presence as Swedish authorities say they have granted a permit for a protest where the organiser plans to burn a Koran outside the capital's main mosque later on June 28, the start of the Muslim three-day Eid al-Adha holiday. IMAGES
Lawmakers in crisis-hit Lebanon start the 12th attempt to elect a new president, as the vote for the presidency, reserved for a Maronite Christian under Lebanon's delicate sectarian power-sharing system, pits the Hezbollah-backed Sleiman Frangieh against financial official Jihad Azour, who has mainly been endorsed by Christian and independent legislators. IMAGES
Timelapse of thousands of Muslim worshippers circling around the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, during the fasting month of Ramadan. IMAGES