Eid al-Adha -- The Muslim 'Festival Of Sacrifice'

Sheep are corralled for sacrifice near Astana, Kazakhstan.

Kazakhs prepare for the ritual killing of a sheep during the "Feast of Sacrifice."

A busy Eid livestock market on the outskirts of Herat, Afghanistan.

An Afghan vendor holds his goat as he waits for customers at a livestock market ahead of Eid al-Adha in Ghazni province.

A camel that has been purchased by a customer for Eid al-Adha is hoisted onto a vehicle at a market near Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.

Pakistani men walk with camels they hope to sell at an Eid al-Adha market on the outskirts of Faisalabad.

A Pakistani livestock trader stands with his cows as he waits for customers in Quetta ahead of Eid al-Adha. 

A Syrian man with a sheep at a market set-up on the outskirts of the northern city of Aleppo.

People at a market in Diyala, Iraq, look to buy sacrificial animals for the Eid festival. 

A member of local Muslim community skins a sheep after it was sacrificed during the celebrations of Eid al-Adha (Kurban Bairam) in the Belarus city of Hrodno, some 300 km from Minsk.

Sacrifice on Eid al-Adha day in the mosque of Tazapir center of Baku, Azerbaijan.