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Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr holiday with joy, worry

Muslim girls attend Eid al-Fitr prayer at a park in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, May 2, 2022. Muslims around the world celebrate the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Muslims girls look on during Eid al-Fitr prayers in an outdoor open area in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, May 2, 2022, at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Muslims take part in Eid al-Fitr prayers next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eid al-Fitr, festival of breaking of the fast, marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Muslim worshippers pray during Eid al-Fitr morning prayer at the Mohammad al-Amin Mosque in downtown of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Muslims offer prayers during the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan outside the iconic-historic Haghia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) Muslim girls attend Eid al-Fitr prayer at a park in the mixed Arab Jewish city of Jaffa, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, May 2, 2022. Muslims around the world celebrate the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty) Muslims girls look on during Eid al-Fitr prayers in an outdoor open area in Lagos, Nigeria, Monday, May 2, 2022, at the end of the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba) Muslims take part in Eid al-Fitr prayers next to the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Monday, May 2, 2022. Eid al-Fitr, festival of breaking of the fast, marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean) Muslim worshippers pray during Eid al-Fitr morning prayer at the Mohammad al-Amin Mosque in downtown of Beirut, Lebanon, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) Muslims offer prayers during the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan outside the iconic-historic Haghia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) People buy sweets at a shop in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr celebrations, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad) Young boys light smoke bombs as they celebrate the eve of Eid al-Fitr, the holiday marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Muslims make donation outside National Mosque after the Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Muslims pray at National Mosque in the morning of the Eid al-Fitr, marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) Muslims wearing protective masks pray at National Mosque in the morning of the Eid al-Fitr, marking the end the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian) A woman buys a balloon after Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) Muslim women offer Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) Muslim men offer Eid al-Fitr prayers to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Sunda Kelapa port in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) A Muslim heads to a mosque for an Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) In this photo taken using a drone, Muslims attend for Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) In this photo taken using a drone, Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) In this photo taken using a drone, Muslims attend Eid al-Fitr prayers marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Muslims perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on a street in Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim) Muslim men perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a gas station outside an overflowed mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Muslim men perform Eid al-Fitr prayer marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on a street outside an overflowed mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara) Pakistani beauticians paint hands of customers with traditional henna in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holidays, that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a beauty saloon in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, May 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) People buy sweets at a shop in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr celebrations, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
Muslims mark Eid al-Fitr holiday with joy, worry