As Muslims around the world celebrate Eid al Adha on Tuesday Sep 13,2016, people in Dhaka have been sharing pictures showing streets flooded with blood-stained water.
The blood comes from animals sacrificed for the festival, and had mixed with floodwater in parts of Dhaka,the Bangladeshi capital.
Nearly 100,000 livestock were sacrificed in Dhaka this year, mainly on the streets or at underground car parks in residential buildings.
At the same time, there was heavy monsoon rain for most of the day on Tuesday, flooding many parts of the city.
Flooding and the annual sacrifice of livestock are regular occurrences in Dhaka,
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