Algiers, ALGERIA: An Algerian girl jumps over the blood of slaughtered sheeps blood at the start of the four-day Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice in Algiers, 30 December 2006. The holiday which marks the end of the the hajj pilgrimage, is celebrated by hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world by slaughtering goats, sheep and cattle in commemoration of the prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God. Getty Images logo Getty Images 37 months ago

Algiers, ALGERIA: An Algerian girl jumps over the blood of slaughtered sheeps blood at the start of the four-day Eid al-Adha, the Muslim Feast of Sacrifice in Algiers, 30 December 2006. The holiday which marks the end of the the hajj pilgrimage, is celebrated by hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world by slaughtering goats, sheep and cattle in commemoration of the prophet Abraham's readiness to sacrifice his son to show obedience to God.

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