In pictures: Eidul Fitr celebrations in various parts of the world

Several Muslim countries across the globe are celebrating the festival today.

Dawn.com Published March 30, 2025 Updated March 30, 2025 03:10pm

Muslims in several countries are celebrating Eidul Fitr — one of Islam’s most significant holidays, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramazan and is typically celebrated by feasting and gift-giving — on Sunday.

Among other notable personalities, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres extended Eidul Fitr greetings with “a heavy heart,” noting that millions of Muslims would mark the occasion under war and displacement rather than traditional family gatherings, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported.

“I want to express my best wishes for Eidul Fitr to all Muslims around the world,” the UN chief said in a video statement he shared on X.

“But I do so with a heavy heart, thinking about the many Muslims who won’t be able to celebrate Eid with their families due to war, conflict or displacement,” he added.

His message came as Palestinians in Gaza, Kashmiris under Indian occupation, Rohingya refugees, people in Sudan, and other conflict-affected Muslim populations face particularly somber celebrations amid ongoing violence and humanitarian crises.

A family poses as they speak with their friends on a phone during Eidul Fitr prayers outside the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on March 30. — Reuters

Muslim devotees offer Eidul Fitr prayers outside the Hazrat-e-Omar mosque in Kandahar on March 30. — AFP

Volunteers prepare to distribute sweets as Muslims gather to perform the morning prayer at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca at the start of Eidul Fitr early on March 30. — AFP

Bambuchi Wachira salutes as he carries a Palestinian flag after attending Eidul Fitr prayers at the Jamia Mosque in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, on March 30. — Reuters

Palestinian Muslims attend Eidul Fitr prayers in the northern Gaza Strip on March 30. — Reuters

Sudanese attend Eidul Fitr prayers at the Port Sudan Stadium on March 30. — AFP

Iraqi Muslims exchange greetings after Eidul Fitr prayers on a street after the Sunni Endowment banned Eid prayers in mosques, despite announcing the continuation of Ramazan, in Baghdad, Iraq on March 30. — Reuters

A woman reacts while Palestinians visit the tombs of relatives as part of the ritual at the start of Eidul Fitr in the Jenin refugee camp in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on March 30. — AFP

Header image: A child holds a balloon as Muslims gather in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound to celebrate the Eidul Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramazan, on March 30. — AFP