An Emirati man holds a falcon during the Abu Dhabi International Hunting and Equestrian Exhibition in Abu Dhabi.

The Queen Elizabeth 2 cruise liner enters the Firth of Clyde past Cumbrea Elbow lighthouse . The ship is making its final journey in November to Dubai to be re-fitted as a luxury floating hotel anchored off Palm Jumeirah, the world’s largest man-made island.

A sculpture of an ant is seen in front of the Dubai International Financial Exchange.

With a background of Sheikh Zayed highway’s towers, Muslims of different nationalities perform the Eid al-Fitr prayers at Grand Musalla in Dubai.

Visitors look at a model of a proposed development entitled “City of Arabia” at the opening of the Cityscape 2008 international real estate exhibition in Dubai.

Arab clients smoke waterpipes after breaking their fast at a Ramadan tent in a five-star hotel in Dubai.

Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashid al-Maktoum, Vice President, Prime Minister and Defence Minister of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Dubai, walking through an aisle of the second Emirates Airline A380 superjumbo at Dubai international airport.

Bulls push each other during a traditional bullfight in the Gulf emirate of Fujairah.

The scene over Dubai Marina.

An aerial view of Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destinations in the booming Gulf state.

An Emirati carries a falcon, one of the tourist attractions at the lobby of the Atlantis resort complex on the man-made Palm Jumeirah island in the Gulf emirate of Dubai.

Journalists watch a stingray swimming in the giant aquarium of the Atlantis hotel which is a part of $ 1.5 billion resort in Jumeira Palm Island in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Burj Dubai the tallest manmade structure in the world.