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Muslims around the world celebrate Eid Al-Fitr in 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic

Muslims around the world celebrate Eid Al-Fitr in 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic

Muslims wearing gloves and face masks to prevent the spread of coronavirus attend prayers for Eid Al-Fitr in Rome’s Piazza Vittorio Square. (LaPresse via AP)

An aerial view of Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Makkah, with the Abraj Al-Bait Makkah Royal Clock Tower overlooking the Grand Mosque and Kaaba in the center. (AFP)

Muslims attend Eid-al-Fitr prayer amid the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Dakar, Senegal May 24, 2020. (Reuters)

Syrian children play at a makeshift amusement park as they celebrate Eid Al-Fitr in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib, on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Nigerian Muslims wearing face masks to protect against coronavirus, attend Eid prayers at the Kofar Mata prayer ground in Kano Nigeria, Sunday, May 24, 2020. (AP)

Indian Muslims shop on the eve of Eid Al-Fitr, in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 24, 2020. (AP)

A Somali boy plays at the peace gardens after the Eid Al-Fitr prayers in Mogadishu, Somalia May 24, 2020. (Reuters)

Muslims wait in line to enter a mosque to attend Eid Al-Fitr prayer in Dakar, Senegal May 24, 2020. (Reuters)

People dance in a park, as seniors over 65 years old have been exempted from curfew for six hours during the first day of Eid, amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey, May 24, 2020. (Reuters)

Syrian children play at a makeshift amusement park as they celebrate Eid Al-Fitr in Syria’s northwestern city of Idlib, on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Signs indicating social distancing restriction measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus are seen while Muslims attend prayers for Eid Al-Fitr in Rome’s Piazza Vittorio Square, Sunday, May 24, 2020. (LaPresse via AP)

National Guard (Rosgvardya) servicemen wearing protective face masks stand guard a closed street in front of Moscow main Mosque on May 24, 2020, during Eid Al-Fitr. (AFP)

Muslims worshippers take part in a morning prayer to celebrate the Eid Al-Fitr holiday while wearing protective masks and maintaining social distancing due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at Mohammed Al-Amin Mosque in the Lebanese capital Beirut’s downtown district on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Muslim worshippers offer Eid Al-Fitr prayer outside the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, which remains shut to prevent the spread of coronavirus, in Jerusalem, Sunday, May 24, 2020. (AP)

A view of the closed Al-Azhar mosque and Al-Hussein area during Eid Al-Fitr amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Cairo, Egypt, May 24, 2020. (Reuters)

Tunisian Imam Mondher Jeddi clad in mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic descends footsteps outside Malek Ibn Anas mosque in Carthage, east of the capital, on the first day of Eid Al-Fitr on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Girls play in a motorcycle sidecar, during Eid Al-Fitr amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Toukh, Al Qalyubia Governorate, north of Cairo, Egypt May 24, 2020. (Reuters)

A Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel (front) stands guard as Muslims offer Eid Al-Fitr prayers at a ground in Quetta on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Muslim worshippers take part in a morning prayer on the first day of the Eid Al-Fitr holiday in the village of Salem east of Nablus in the occupied West Bank, on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Muslims women respect social distancing as they offer Eid Al-Fitr prayers in Djibouti on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Indonesian Muslims take part in prayers at a mosque during Eid Al-Fitr, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tasikmalaya, West Java Province, Indonesia May 24, 2020. (Antara Foto/Adeng Bustomi/ via Reuters)

Muslim devotees offer prayers at the start of the Eid Al-Fitr festival which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Jami mosque, in Herat, Afghanistan on May 24, 2020. (AFP)

Updated 24 May 2020 23:25

May 24, 2020 18:00

Eid Al-Fitr is the feast of breaking the fast which marks the end of Ramadan, when Muslims abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset.

Usually, the holiday is a joyous three-day celebration but this year it has been significantly toned down as coronavirus cases soar.