A sheep seller, in a blue shirt, deals with customers at a livestock market, on Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, ahead of Muslims' holy festival of Eid-al-Adha in Peshawar, Pakistan. Muslims all over the world will celebrate the three-day festival by slaughtering sheeps, cows and goats to commemorate the Prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son, Ismael, to show obedience to God.
An Indian shepherd rests at a cattle market in Mumbai, 16 December 2007. Muslims buy the cattle before the Islamic festival Eid ul Adha. Eid-ul-Adha (the Festival of Sacrifice) which is celebrated throughout the Muslim world as a commemoration of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son for God. The festival falls on the tenth day of Zulhijjah, the final month of the Muslim Calendar. Cows, camels, goats and sheep are traditionally slaughtered on the holiest day.
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