In pictures: A glimpse of Eid celebrations from across the world

Indian Muslims offer Eid al-Fitr prayers outside Eidgah-Bilal, in Hyderabad.

In India, the celebrations are taking place on Saturday as the Shawwal moon was sighted in Friday making June 16 the much-awaited day for celebrations.

Pakistan Muslims exchange Eid greetings after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers at the at the Jamia Mosque in Rawalpindi.

President Mamnoon Hussain and caretaker prime minister Nasirul Mulk also extended Eid greetings to the nation.

Afghans greet each other outside the Shah-e Doh Shamshira Mosque, on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Afghan soldiers and Taliban militants celebrated an unprecedented ceasefire marking the end of the Ramadan fasting season with Eid greetings, handshakes, big hugs and selfies. The Taliban announced a surprise three-day ceasefire over the Eid holiday, which began on Friday, except against foreign forces. It overlaps with an Afghan government ceasefire which lasts until Wednesday.

Iraqis shop for nuts, sweets, and dried fruits at a market on the last day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan before celebrating the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday the next day in the northern city of Mosul. In Iraq, It has been a long tradition for young boys to celebrate the Eid al-Fitr holiday by running riot with firecrackers or toy guys -- scaring their sisters and grandparents. But nearly a year after security forces reclaimed a devastated city at the end of a brutal battle to dislodge the Islamic State group, there is little tolerance even for pretend warfare.

Syrian children ride in the back of a make-shift train towed by a pickup truck past destroyed buildings as they celebrate the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr holiday, marking the end of holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the northern Syrian city of Idlib.