Children wave from a train's window as they prepare to travel to their homes to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, in Karachi, Pakistan, 07 April 2024. Eid al-Fitr is an Islamic holiday that marks the end of Ramadan, and is celebrated during the first three days of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar. It is expected to begin on 10 or 11 April 2024, depending on the lunar calendar. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. (Photo by Shahzaib Akber/EPA)





A woman poses for picture after getting her hands decorated with henna at a beauty salon in Karachi on April 8, 2024, ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP Photo)





A Pakistani vendor sells bracelets at a jewelry store ahead of the Eid al-Fitr holiday, in Peshawar, Pakistan, 08 April 2024. The Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan and is celebrated during the first three days of Shawwal, the 10th month of the Islamic calendar. It is expected to begin on 10 or 11 April 2024, depending on the lunar calendar. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. (Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA/EFE)





Peshawar Provincial Regional Office of the Ministry of Religion staff use a telescope to observe new moon sightings to determine Eid-al Fitr to mark the end of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, on 09 April 2024. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Fitr, the three day festival marking the end of Ramadan on 09 April 2024. Eid al-Fitr is one of the two major holidays in the Islamic calendar. (Photo by Hussain Ali/ZUMA Press Wire/Rex Features/Shutterstock)





Muslims perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Wednesday, April, 10, 2024. (Photo by Anjum Naveed/AP Photo)





Muslim devotees buy balloons after offering Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi on April 10, 2024. (Photo by Asif Hassan/AFP Photo)





Muslim women perform an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at historical Badshahi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, April, 10, 2024. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





Pakistani Muslims children greet each other after the Eid al-Fitr prayers in Peshawar, Pakistan, 10 April 2024. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Fitr, a two or three-day festival, at the end of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. It is one of the two major holidays in Islam. During Eid al-Fitr, most people travel to visit each other in town or outside of it and children receive new clothes and money to spend for the occasion. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA/EFE)





Muslim girls have their hands painted with traditional henna as they attend an Eid al-Fitr prayer, marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan, at historical Badshahi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan, Wednesday, April, 10, 2024. (Photo by K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo)





A man leads a camel with men taking a ride on it during the second day of Eid al-Fitr celebrations, along the Kabul river, as seen from Sardaryab in the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan on April 11, 2024. (Photo by Fayaz Aziz/Reuters)





People looks a stream, which is overflowing following heavy rains, on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, April 15, 2024. Lightnings and heavy rains killed dozens of people, mostly farmers, across Pakistan in the past three days, officials said Monday, as authorities declared a state of emergency in the country's southwest following an overnight rainfall to avoid any further casualties and damages. (Photo by Muhammad Sajjad/AP Photo)





A man looks on from inside of his vehicle during heavy rain in Peshawar, Pakistan, 15 April 2024. According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial disaster management authority, at least 29 people have died and another seven have been injured in the last three days due to lightning strikes and incidents related to the torrential rains affecting several provinces. (Photo by Arshad Arbab/EPA/EFE)





People ride a boat across a flooded area after heavy rains in Nowshera district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province on April 16, 2024. At least 41 people have died in storm-related incidents across Pakistan since Friday, including 28 killed by lightning, officials said on April 15. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP Photo)





A resident gathers his belongings on the roof of his flood hit home as he prepares to leave following heavy rains in Charsadda district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on April 17, 2024. At least 41 people have died in storm-related incidents across Pakistan since April 12, including 28 killed by lightning, officials said on April 15. (Photo by Abdul Majeed/AFP Photo)





Fishermen gather under a faulty structure along a damaged roadside, as boats are stacked near a jetty following heavy rainfall in Gwadar in Balochistan province on April 18, 2024. At least 65 people have died in storm-related incidents including lightning in Pakistan, officials said, with rain so far in April falling at nearly twice the historical average rate. (Photo by AFP Photo)





People pass by a damaged electric pole caused by flooding due to heavy rains near Chaman area, Pakistan, Thursday, April 18 2024. Lightning and heavy rains led to 14 deaths in Pakistan, officials said Wednesday, bringing the death toll from four days of extreme weather to at least 63, as the heaviest downpour in decades flooded villages on the country's southwestern coast. Flash floods have also killed dozens of people in neighboring Afghanistan. (Photo by Habib Ullah/AP Photo)





A general view of the sewerage drain on World Earth Day in Peshawar, Pakistan, 22 April 2024. World Earth Day is celebrated annually on 22 April, to raise awareness and develop a sense of public responsibility pertaining to environmentally-sustainable practices in order to build and maintain a healthy, global ecosystem and maintain a viable planet for future generations. The theme for World Earth Day 2024 is Planet vs Plastics, to bring attention to the serious issue of plastic pollution and how it harms nature. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA)





A boy waits for customers as he sells mosquito nets on the roadside during World Malaria Day in Peshawar, Pakistan, 25 April 2024. World Malaria Day is observed every year on 25 April to raise global awareness of efforts to combat malaria and promote the reduction of suffering and deaths from the disease. The theme for World Malaria Day 2024 is “Accelerating the fight against malaria for a more equitable world”. (Photo by Bilawal Arbab/EPA/EFE)





In this aerial photo taken from a drone, Hindu devotees climb stairs to reach on top of a mud volcano to start Hindu pilgrims religious' rituals for an annual festival in an ancient cave temple of Hinglaj Mata in Hinglaj in Lasbela district in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, Friday, April 26, 2024. More than 100,000 Hindus are expected to climb mud volcanoes and steep rocks in southwestern Pakistan as part of a three-day pilgrimage to one of the faith's holiest sites. (Photo by Mohammad Farooq/AP Photo)





Women bake clay bricks at a kiln on the outskirts of Lahore on April 30, 2024. (Photo by Arif Ali/AFP Photo)