AP PHOTOS: Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha

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AP PHOTOS: Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha

2025-06-08 21:08 Last Updated At：21:11

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Devotees queue up near a water tap before praying as they mark the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Iraqi Shiite Muslims gather for an Eid al-Adha prayer at the shrine of Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Pigeons fly outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque while a Taliban fighter stands guard, during the Eid al-Adha prayer in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A boy runs with a goat meant for sacrifice during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Devotees pray during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Devotees queue up near a water tap before praying as they mark the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Afghan Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer while a Taliban fighter stands guard in the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Afghan Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer while Taliban fighters stand guard outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A Muslim devotee offers Eid al-Adha prayers in Chennai, India, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A boy watches men pray during Eid al Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Devotees pray at Firoz Shah Kotla on the morning of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in New Delhi, India, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Karma Bhutia)

Butchers slaughter camels to mark Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice holiday, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ali Raza)

Myanmar Muslims perform ablution before offering Eid al-Adha prayers at a mosque Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar Muslims offer a prayer to mark celebrations of Eid al-Adha at a mosque Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Devotees perform ablutions before praying at Jama Masjid on the morning of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in New Delhi, India, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Karma Bhutia)

Devotees pray at Jama Masjid on the morning of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in New Delhi, India, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Karma Bhutia)

People shop in a market the day before Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People return home after shopping the day before Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Men cut meat from cows slaughtered for sacrifice on the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Istanbul, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Muslim men take penalty shots on the soccer pitch at Dinamo stadium after attending Eid al-Adha prayers in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A Muslim holds his cell phone in a traditional belt during Eid al-Adha prayers at Dinamo stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Goats wait for buyers during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi )

A Nigerian Muslim woman attends Eid al-Adha prayers at an open field in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)

A mother and daughter pose for a photo at a beach after Eid al-Adha prayers in Keta, Ghana, Friday, Jun 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Muslims attend the prayer of the first day of Eid al-Adha, outside a mosque in Istanbul, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A vendor at a livestock market is reflected in a pool of water as he waits for customers ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

People hold a little girl above the ground as they come down stairs to attend Eid al-Adha prayers at the Dinamo stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Muslim worshipers gather for Eid al-Adha prayers next to the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

People stand on a beach after Eid al-Adha prayers in Keta, Ghana, Friday, Jun 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Nigerian Muslims attend Eid al-Adha prayers in an open field in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayer at the Moskovsky central avenue during celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Muslims gather to perform Eid al-Adha prayers at Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis, Tunisia, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)

Ali Muhammad, center, and his son, second left, walk back home with sheep bought from a livestock market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, India, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers at a beach in Keta, Ghana, Friday, Jun 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Palestinians offer Eid al-Adha prayers beside the ruins of a mosque destroyed by Israeli bombardment, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Muslim children receive balloons as they gather for Eid al-Adha prayers next to the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Muslims attend prayers on the first day of Eid al-Adha, outside a mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, June 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

A livestock seller tends to the flock of goat while waiting for customers at a livestock market outside Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, as muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha by sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Muslims wait to pray during the Eid al-Adha prayers at Taipei Grand Mosque in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

A boy of the Muslim community in Romania holds his phone in a traditional belt during Eid al-Adha prayers at the Dinamo stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

People shop for sheep at a livestock market in Aïn Oussera, Algeria, Thursday, June 5, 2025, as muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha by sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

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Devotees queue up near a water tap before praying as they mark the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Iraqi Shiite Muslims gather for an Eid al-Adha prayer at the shrine of Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Pigeons fly outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque while a Taliban fighter stands guard, during the Eid al-Adha prayer in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A boy runs with a goat meant for sacrifice during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Devotees pray during the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Devotees queue up near a water tap before praying as they mark the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Afghan Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer while a Taliban fighter stands guard in the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Afghan Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer while Taliban fighters stand guard outside the Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A Muslim devotee offers Eid al-Adha prayers in Chennai, India, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)

A boy watches men pray during Eid al Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Bram Janssen)

Devotees pray at Firoz Shah Kotla on the morning of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in New Delhi, India, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Karma Bhutia)

Butchers slaughter camels to mark Eid al-Adha, or Feast of Sacrifice holiday, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Muslims perform Eid al-Adha prayer in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ali Raza)

Myanmar Muslims perform ablution before offering Eid al-Adha prayers at a mosque Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Myanmar Muslims offer a prayer to mark celebrations of Eid al-Adha at a mosque Saturday, June 7, 2025, in Yangon, Myanmar. (AP Photo/Thein Zaw)

Devotees perform ablutions before praying at Jama Masjid on the morning of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in New Delhi, India, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Karma Bhutia)

Devotees pray at Jama Masjid on the morning of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in New Delhi, India, Saturday, June 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Karma Bhutia)

People shop in a market the day before Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

People return home after shopping the day before Eid al-Adha in Kabul, Afghanistan, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Men cut meat from cows slaughtered for sacrifice on the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Istanbul, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

Muslim men take penalty shots on the soccer pitch at Dinamo stadium after attending Eid al-Adha prayers in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A Muslim holds his cell phone in a traditional belt during Eid al-Adha prayers at Dinamo stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Goats wait for buyers during Eid al-Adha celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Patrick Ngugi )

A Nigerian Muslim woman attends Eid al-Adha prayers at an open field in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)

A mother and daughter pose for a photo at a beach after Eid al-Adha prayers in Keta, Ghana, Friday, Jun 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Muslims attend the prayer of the first day of Eid al-Adha, outside a mosque in Istanbul, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

A vendor at a livestock market is reflected in a pool of water as he waits for customers ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

People hold a little girl above the ground as they come down stairs to attend Eid al-Adha prayers at the Dinamo stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Muslim worshipers gather for Eid al-Adha prayers next to the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

People stand on a beach after Eid al-Adha prayers in Keta, Ghana, Friday, Jun 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Nigerian Muslims attend Eid al-Adha prayers in an open field in Lagos, Nigeria, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayer at the Moskovsky central avenue during celebrations in St. Petersburg, Russia, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Moses Sawasawa)

Muslims gather to perform Eid al-Adha prayers at Zaytuna Mosque in Tunis, Tunisia, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers in Nairobi, Kenya Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Samson Otieno)

Ali Muhammad, center, and his son, second left, walk back home with sheep bought from a livestock market ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, India, Wednesday, June 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Muslims gather for Eid al-Adha prayers at a beach in Keta, Ghana, Friday, Jun 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Misper Apawu)

Palestinians offer Eid al-Adha prayers beside the ruins of a mosque destroyed by Israeli bombardment, in Deir al-Balah, Gaza on Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Muslim children receive balloons as they gather for Eid al-Adha prayers next to the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Muslims attend prayers on the first day of Eid al-Adha, outside a mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, Friday, June 6, 2025.(AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

A livestock seller tends to the flock of goat while waiting for customers at a livestock market outside Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, June 4, 2025, as muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha by sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Muslims wait to pray during the Eid al-Adha prayers at Taipei Grand Mosque in Taipei, Taiwan, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Chiang Ying-ying)

A boy of the Muslim community in Romania holds his phone in a traditional belt during Eid al-Adha prayers at the Dinamo stadium in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, June 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

People shop for sheep at a livestock market in Aïn Oussera, Algeria, Thursday, June 5, 2025, as muslims around the world celebrate Eid al-Adha by sacrificing animals to commemorate the prophet Ibrahim's faith in being willing to sacrifice his son. (AP Photo/Fateh Guidoum)

Abridge and Availity Collaborate to Redefine Payer-Provider Synergy at the Point of Conversation

SAN FRANCISCO & JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 12, 2026--

Abridge, the leading enterprise-grade AI for clinical conversations, is collaborating with Availity, the nation’s largest real-time health information network, to launch a first-of-its kind prior authorization experience. The engagement uses cutting-edge technology grounded in the clinician-patient conversation to facilitate a more efficient process between clinicians and health plans in medical necessity review.

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Rather than creating parallel AI systems across healthcare stakeholders, Abridge and Availity are working together to ensure shared clinical context at the point of conversation powers administrative processes, such as prior authorization review and submission, improving outcomes for patients and the teams delivering care.

This collaboration unites two trusted and scaled organizations: combining Abridge’s enterprise-grade AI platform, serving over 200 health systems and projected to support over 80 million patient-clinician conversations in 2026, with Availity’s next-generation, FHIR-native Intelligent Utilization Management solution, which helps payers and providers digitize and operationalize coverage requirements within administrative workflows.

Availity’s FHIR-native APIs enable fast, scalable, and secure connectivity of payer information across the entire healthcare ecosystem. With Abridge’s Contextual Reasoning Engine technology, clinicians can gain visibility into relevant clinical information during the conversation to support documentation aligned with prior authorization requirements.

“At Availity, we’ve invested in building AI-powered, FHIR-native APIs designed to bring clinical policy logic directly into provider workflows,” said Russ Thomas, CEO of Availity. “By embedding our technology at the point of conversation, we’re enabling faster, more transparent utilization management decisions rooted in clinical context. We’re excited to collaborate with Abridge and to demonstrate what’s possible when payer intelligence meets real-time provider workflows.”

The development of real-time prior authorization is just a component of a broader revenue cycle collaboration that is focused on applying real-time conversational intelligence across the patient, provider, and payer experiences. The companies intend to support integration by collaborating on workflow alignment between their respective platforms in the following areas:

“Abridge and Availity are each bringing national scale, deep trust, and a track record of solving important challenges across the care and claims experience to this partnership,” said Dr. Shiv Rao, CEO and Co-Founder of Abridge. “We’re building real-time bridges between patients, providers, and payers, unlocking shared understanding, focused at the point of conversation.”

About Availity

Availity empowers payers and providers to deliver transformative patient experiences by enabling the seamless exchange of clinical, administrative, and financial information. As the nation's largest real-time health information network, Availity develops intelligent, automated, and interoperable solutions that foster collaboration and shared value across the healthcare ecosystem. With connections to over 95% of payers, more than 3 million providers, and over 2,000 trading partners, Availity provides mission-critical connectivity to drive the future of healthcare innovation. For more information, including an online demonstration, please visit www.availity.com or call 1.800.AVAILITY (282.4548). Follow us on LinkedIn.

About Abridge

Abridge was founded in 2018 to power deeper understanding in healthcare. Abridge is now trusted by more than 200 of the largest and most complex health systems in the U.S. The enterprise-grade AI platform transforms medical conversations into clinically useful and billable documentation at the point of care, reducing administrative burden and clinician burnout while improving patient experience. With deep EHR integration, support for 28+ languages, and 50+ specialties, Abridge is used across a wide range of care settings, including outpatient, emergency department, and inpatient.

Abridge’s enterprise-grade AI platform is purpose-built for healthcare. Supported by Linked Evidence, Abridge is the only solution that maps AI-generated summaries to source data, helping clinicians quickly trust and verify the output. As a pioneer in generative AI for healthcare, Abridge is setting the industry standard for the responsible deployment of AI across health systems.

Abridge was awarded Best in KLAS 2025 for Ambient AI in addition to other accolades, including Forbes 2025 AI 50 List, TIME Best Inventions of 2024, and Fortune’s 2024 AI 50 Innovators.