The world celebrates the birthday of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH)

A Palestinian man distributes sweets to a passer-by during a holiday marking the birth of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), known in Arabic as 'Al Mawlid Al Nabawi', outside the Dome of the Rock in the Al Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest site, in the old city of Jerusalem.

Palestinian children attend an event commemorating the birth of Prophet Mohammed (PBUH) in the Old City of Jerusalem.

A man distributes sweets to passers-by on the occasion of Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) birthday in downtown Amman, Jordan.

People walk next to Al Husseini Mosque on a street decorated on the occasion in downtown Amman.

A Jordanian worker makes sweets offered during Prophet Mohammad's (PBUH) birthday in downtown Amman.

People walk along a decorated street ahead celebrations for Eid Al Mawlid Al Nabawi, the birthday of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH), in Lahore.

Yemeni youths parade on the streets of the capital, Sanaa, on horseback on the eve of the day during which Muslims celebrate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH), on October 28, 2020.

Customers buy handmade sweets at a street market ahead of Mawlid Al Nabi in Cairo, Egypt .

Children gather to celebrate the anniversary of the Prophet Mohammed's (PBUH) birthday in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi.

Syrian President Bashar al-Asad (front row 4-L) attending a ceremony at Sa'd ibn Mu'adh mosquein the capital, Damascus, on the eve of the day during which Muslims celebrate the birth of the Prophet Mohammed (PBUH).

People gather at Abu Hanifa mosque in Baghdad's Adhamiya district, Iraq.