Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, seen at center, inside the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 3, 2011. #

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims perform the evening prayer in Mecca's Grand Mosque, on November 2, 2011. #

Workers embroider the Kiswa, a silk cloth covering the Holy Kaaba, in the holy city of Mecca, on October 29, 2011. #

Saudi police officers monitor screens connected to cameras set up at all the holy places in Mina, near the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 7, 2011. #

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims move around the Kaaba, the black cube, inside the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on October 30, 2011. #

Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayers at a mosque in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, on November 7, 2011. #

A Chechen boy prays in the main mosque in Grozny, Russia, during celebration of the Eid al- Adha, which Muslims in Russia call Kurban-Bairam, on November 6, 2011. #

A Pakistani paramilitary soldier stands guard as Muslims offer Eid prayers at a mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, on November 7, 2011. #

Indian Muslims offer prayers during Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, at the Taj Mahal monument in Agra, India, on November 7, 2011. #

Girls attend prayers marking the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in the Nigerian capital of Abuja, on November 6, 2011. #

Muslim women attend prayers on the first day of Eid al-Adha in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu, on November 6, 2011. #

The Grand Mosque is seen from the top of al-Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 2, 2011. #

Water mist is sprayed over Muslim pilgrims as they pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 5, 2011. #

Muslim pilgrims pray in the shade of on of the minarets of the Grand Mosque, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 4, 2011. #

Muslim pilgrims climb a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia,on November 5, 2011. #

Muslim pilgrims pray on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat during the annual Hajj, outside the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 5, 2011. #

Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on November 5, 2011. #

Pigeons cover the sky as Afghan men gather outside Shah-e-Dushamshera mosque to attend Eid al-Adha prayers in Kabul, Afghanistan, on November 6, 2011. #

Muslims attend a prayer session along a street in celebration of the Eid al-Adha festival in Jakarta, Indonesia, on November 6, 2011. #

A young Indian Muslim girl gestures as others offer prayers during Eid al-Adha in New Delhi, India, on November 7, 2011. #

Kyrgyz boys ride donkeys during the Kurban Bairam or Eid al-Adha near the village of Shalta, some 20 km outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 6, 2011. #

Albanian Muslims attend special prayers on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in Tirana, Albania, on November 6, 2011. #

A trader pulls a sheep for a customer in a market on Eid al-Adha, in southern Tehran, Iran, on November 7, 2011. #

A participant looks at her phone as Indonesian Muslims attend Eid-Al-Adha prayers in Jakarta, on November 6, 2011. #

A woman prepares traditional sweets for sale on the rooftop of her house, ahead of Eid al-Adha, in the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, on November 3, 2011. #

People pray in Ashwaq village on the occasion of Eid al-Adha near the city of Tabuk, 1,500 km (932 miles) away from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on November 6, 2011. #

Indian Muslims attend outdoor prayers to mark the festival of Eid-al-Adha in Mumbai, India, on November 7, 2011. #

A Muslim man visits the graves of relatives during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Benghazi, Libya, on November 6, 2011. #

Muslims pray during the Kurman Ayt (Kurban Bairam or Eid al-Adha) festival in the village of Shalta outside Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on November 6, 2011. #