Children sit near sheep bought for a sacrifice on the occasion of the Eid al-Adha festival, in Algiers, Algeria. Yesterday’s Eid al-Adha, the feast of sacrifice, is the feast that marks the end of the hajj pilgrimage to Mecca and commemorates Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son to God.

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