Muslims across the UK and around the world have marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan by praying together in mosques and coming together to eat.
Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, when Muslims are encouraged to engage in dawn-to-dusk fasting for the month.
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Similar to Easter Sunday in the Christian calendar, Eid does not fall on the same day every year.
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Instead, Eid and the period of Ramadan are both determined by a new moon, as Islam follows the lunar calendar.
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