Children wash a sheep purchased for the upcoming Eid Al-Adha sacrifice as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases spike, in Dakar, Senegal July 19, 2021. Picture taken July 19, 2021. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
DAKAR (Reuters) - With COVID-19 cases surging across Senegal, Pape Gueye made the difficult decision to spend the first Eid al-Adha of his life apart from his 88-year-old mother.
"I know a lot of people who had it," said Gueye, 43, mixing a cup of green tea as he sat with masked friends in front of his flat in the capital, Dakar.
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