Muslims are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a festive holiday marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan.
Families gathered for special prayers followed by feasts and holiday sweets starting Sunday after a month of dawn-to-dusk fasting. Muslims typically mark the holiday with family visits and outings, and children get new clothes.
Families also visit the graves of loved ones, and the suffering of Muslims in the Gaza Strip and other conflict zones was never far from people’s minds.
Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Jama Mosque in New Delhi, India, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Karma Bhutia)
In Gaza, Palestinians prayed among the ruins of mosques destroyed by Israeli strikes, and many went hungry as Israel maintained a nearly monthlong halt to the entry of food, fuel and humanitarian aid, part of its renewed war with the Hamas militant group.
Elsewhere in the Middle East, Syrians are celebrating their first Eid al-Fitr since the overthrow of President Bashar Assad, as the country navigates a troubled transition after his family’s half-century autocratic rule.
In the United States, several supporters of Palestinian causes with ties to American universities have been detained in the Trump administration’s crackdown on immigrants.
A child rest on lap of a Muslim man as he offers an Eid al-Fitr prayer at Sarkhej Roza in Ahmedabad, India, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)
People attend prayer at National Mosque for the Eid al-Fitr, marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A stray cat sits on the sidewalk as Muslim women prepare to perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)
Muslims attend a prayer at National Mosque for the Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)
A Muslim woman attends an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the historical Badshahi Mosque, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Men embrace each other at the end of Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a downtown square in Lisbon, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the historical Badshahi Mosque, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)
Muslims women perform Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A Muslim boy performs Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Lagos, Nigeria, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)
A girl peers as Yemenis pray the mass Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
Worshipers walk along the mouth of the Kongo River, on the shores of the Indian Ocean, after Eid al-Fitr prayers, in Kwale, Kenya, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Khaled Kazziha)
Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Jama Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Jama Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
People light a flare and fireworks as they stand atop of a bus during the celebration of the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on a street in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
Muslims play a tug-of-war game as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr at a park in Quezon City, Philippines Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
Muslims transfer Philippine lime using plastic spoons during a game as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr at a park in Quezon City, Philippines Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)
A Yemeni girl visits the graves of Houthis during Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Sanaa, Yemen, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)
People visit at Sultanahmet mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 30, 2025, as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
Muslims pray at a street as they celebrate Eid Al-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslims’ holy fasting month of Ramadan, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)
An Iraqi woman prays on the first day of Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)
A family prepares cookies for the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Basra, Iraq, Sunday, March 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)
People visit at Sultanahmet mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, March 30, 2025, as they celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)
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