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Afghan men and children hold up dishes to receive food donated by a private charity during a food distribution on the occasion of Eid-e-Milad-un-Nabi, the festival of the birth of Prophet Muhammad, in Herat on January 3, 2015. Prophet Muhammad was born in the Saudi Arabian city of Mecca on the 12th day of Rabi-ul-Awwal 571 A.D. AFP PHOTO / AREF KARIMI