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A girl buys candies from a sweet shop in the ancient marketplace of Buzoriyeh in the old city of Damascus, Syria, on Aug. 13, 2018. People in Damascus started shopping for the holiday of Eid al-Adha which will be observed next week by Muslims around the world. (Xinhua/Ammar Safarjalani)