Eid marks the end of Ramadan around the world

Morning prayers are followed by family visits and feasts.

Like the start of Ramadan, during which believers abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours, Eid depends on the sighting of the moon and its celebration varies in different countries.

In New York, Muslims marked the end of the holy month withstreet prayers and apartyin Brooklyn.

A 3-day truce was called in Syria for Eid.

For those affected by fighting, like this Syrian boy in the rebel-held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus,this Eid was yet another festival marred by war.

These are treats baked for the special occasion in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday.The three-day festival, which begins after the sighting of a new crescent moon, began on Wednesday.

Eid was also being celebratedin Asia and Africa.

In Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim country, thousands of people attended prayers in the streets of capital Jakarta Wednesday.

In China's capital, Muslims marked Eid with aprayer serviceat the historic Niujie mosque in Beijing.

In Bangladesh, Eid is a major travel day.

Peoplecrowded train stations for journeys home ahead of the festival, which will be marked on Thursday, amidst a heightened sense offearfollowing last week's Islamist attacks on an upscale restaurant in Dhaka in which 20 people were killed.

In Sri Lanka,Muslims left offerings on the first day of Eid at the Galle Face esplanade in Colombo.

Balloons sailed skyward from the roof of a mosque in the Nile Delta city of Mansura, 120 kilometres from Cairo, to mark the start of the religious celebration.

Muslims celebrated in Europe, too.

Morning prayers were held in the Mevlana Mosque in the Dutch city of Rotterdam, while police officers stood watch outside the central mosque in Moscow.

Meanwhile, in Birmingham

Some 70,000 peoplegathered in a park in the central English cityto celebrate the Muslim holiday with picnics and amusementpark rides.