The Islamic world has begun marking the holiday which ends the Ramadan fast.
- 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.
- Families in the Egyptian village made a traditional visit to the cemetery to honour the dead.
- These Turkish Muslims in Istanbul said their Eid prayers at the historic Blue Mosque.
- Muslims in the Russian capital Moscow prayed in the street near the central mosque - the city lacks prayer facilities for its Muslims, many of whom are migrant workers from Central Asia.
- In the ex-Soviet Central Asian republic of Kyrgyzstan, Muslims also prayed in the street.
- These Palestinians were visiting a grave at a Muslim cemetery near the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City.
- These Palestinian women and girls turned out to pray in Gaza City. Egypt began supplying fuel to Gaza's power plant this week, easing a payment dispute which had threatened to put a damper on the Eid festivities.
- The Philippine army have declared a truce for Eid in the mainly Muslim city of Marawi, where they have been battling Islamist militants.
- These children were enjoying swings in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Sunday. The country does not officially celebrate Eid until Monday - basing the date on a regional sighting of the new Moon.
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