Muslim pilgrims maintained a healthy degree of social distance while circling the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam, for the final time.

This is not a scene from 'Kung Pow' but rather a pre-slaughter moment during Eid al-Adha, a Muslim holiday, in Saudi Arabia. An angry cow that was being prepared for slaughter suddenly broke free of its ropes before attacking anyone who ventured to approach.

Nearly 8,000 residents of Riverside County in Southern California were forced to evacuate their homes on Saturday as a wildfire spread uncontained across more than 4,000 acres, the County fire department said. The fire, dubbed the Apple Fire by local firefighters was reported Friday in Cherry Valley, a community about 75 miles east of Los Angeles and had destroyed at least one family home as of Saturday evening. (Courtesy: İHA)

U.S. astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley, who flew to the International Space Station in SpaceX's new Crew Dragon, splashed down in the capsule in the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday after a two-month voyage that was NASA's first crewed mission from home soil in nine years. (Courtesy: İHA)

At least 10 PKK terrorists have been neutralized over the past 24 hours, the Turkish National Defense Ministry said on Sunday. In a statement, the ministry said that counter-terrorism operations will continue uninterrupted in all weather and terrain conditions.

Bodies of at least four people have been recovered after a boat carrying nine people sank in the Aegean Sea off Turkey's western Izmir province. A total of nine people were on board, said a security source on Sunday. Four people jumped off the boat when the boat capsized off the Foca district due to strong winds, it said. Search and rescue efforts were underway in the region to recover the remaining missing person, the source added.

The Turkish Red Crescent distributed meat of sacrificed animals to hundreds of needy families at a refugee camp in Kirkuk, north of Iraq's capital Baghdad, on the Muslim Eid al-Adha festival on August 01, 2020.

Esra Bilgiç, the Turkish bombshell who starred as Halime Sultan in the hit TV series Resurrection: Ertugrul, is now the face of Pakistan's leading mobile network Jazz. In this special clip posted on the company's Instagram, Bilgiç wished all her super fans Eid Mubarak.

The first flight from the Russian capital Moscow to Turkey arrived in Istanbul early on Saturday as flights between the two countries resumed amid the novel coronavirus.All the passengers, mostly Russian nationals, arrived at Istanbul Airport on a flight of Turkey's flag carrier, Turkish Airlines.Most of them were wearing masks as they passed through thermal cameras to check their body temperatures.

Turkish security forces “neutralized” at least six PKK terrorists in northern Iraq, the National Defense Ministry said on Saturday.“With the coordinated work of the Turkish Armed Forces and National Intelligence Organization, six PKK terrorists were neutralized in an air-backed operation in the Gara region of northern Iraq,” the ministry said in a statement.

Saudi Arabia's 84-year-old ruler, King Salman bin Abdulaziz left King Faisal hospital in Riyadh after recovery, the state news agency reported on Thursday. King Salman had been admitted to hospital on July 20 suffering from inflammation of the gall bladder.

Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer at Masjid al-Aqsa in East Jerusalem on July 31, 2020.

Turkish F-16 fighter jets have arrived in Azerbaijan for joint military exercises, Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry said on Friday. In a statement, the ministry said the jets will take part in the TurAz Qartali-2020 Joint Exercises, which began on Wednesday.

At least nine people were killed after a minibus crashed in Crimea in the early hours of Friday, authorities said. The driver of the microbus, which was carrying tourists from the southern Russian city of Krasnodar, fell asleep at the wheel and crashed into a large truck near a village northeast of the regional capital Simferopol, Russian news agencies reported.

Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer at the football stadium while containing social distance due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in central anatolian Konya province, Turkey on July 31, 2020.

Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer at a mosque while containing social distance due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Moscow, Russia on July 31, 2020.

Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer at a mosque while containing social distance due to coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in Stockholm, Sweden on July 31, 2020.

Muslims in Albania's capital Tirana performed prayers on Friday to mark the festival of Eid al-Adha.

Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar arrives to inspect troops at the border of Turkey with Greece and Bulgaria in northwestern Edirne province, Turkey on July 30, 2020.

In the historic metropolis of Istanbul, Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque, which last week reopened for worship after an 86-year gap, witnessed the first Eid prayers, also known as Salat al-Eid, for the feast of the sacrifice holiday. Thousands of people joined the prayers led by Ali Erbas, the head of Turkey's Religious Affairs Directorate at the historic building.