In photos: The holy month of Ramadan
Muslims attend Friday prayer during Ramadan at Baitul Mukarram National Mosque in Dhaka, Bangladesh, March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain
Worshippers pray on the first Friday of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock, on the compound known to Muslims as the Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City, March 24, 2023....more
Muslim women pray during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
A tear rolls down from an eye of a Muslim man after he applied kohl to his eyelid before offering prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kathmandu, Nepal March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
Muslims offer the first Friday prayers of the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
The hands of a Muslim man are pictured as he offers prayers during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Kathmandu, Nepal March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar
A Muslim man recites Koran after the first Friday prayer of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the National Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia March 24, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
Muslim women offer Tarawih mass prayers during the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Sheikh Zayed Grand mosque in Solo, Central Java province, Indonesia, March 22, 2023. Antara Foto/Mohammad Ayudha/via REUTERS
A man walks to inspect food panes before iftar, or breaking fast, during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
Indonesian Muslims attend mass prayers known as Tarawih during the first eve of Ramadan at the Great Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
A boy peeks as Muslim women attend Tarawih mass prayers during the first eve of Ramadan at the Great Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Children rest as Muslims offer Tarawih mass prayers during the first eve of Ramadan at the Great Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Hamid Sadakathullah, 46, a cook, stirs porridge as he prepares food for the community for them to break their fast on the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
People have their iftar, or breaking fast, meal at Sultanahmet Square with the Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in the background during the first day of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya
A Muslim man rests while waiting for iftar during Ramadan at the Grand Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Muslim women attend mass prayers known as Tarawih during the first eve of Ramadan at the Great Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
A man delivers food as Indonesian Muslims gather before iftar during Ramadan at the Grand Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
People read the Koran at the Grand Mosque ahead of the fasting month of Ramadan in Sanaa, Yemen, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah
Turkish soldiers fire a cannon to mark the end of fasting on the first day of Ramadan at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Dilara Senkaya
Muslim women attend mass prayers known as Tarawih during the first eve of Ramadan at the Great Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
A man sits with his child while waiting for iftar during Ramadan at the Grand Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Ishak Sholeh, a 66-year-old Muslim man, looks for the position of the moon on the roof of Al-Musyari'in mosque to mark the first day of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Willy Kurniawan
Malaysia's Islamic Authority's officers and a theodolite, which they use to perform 'rukyah,' the sighting of the new moon signalling the start of Ramadan, in Putrajaya, Malaysia, March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain
Muslim men rest while waiting for iftar during Ramadan at the Grand Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 23, 2023. REUTERS/Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana
Muslims offer Tarawih mass prayers during the first eve of Ramadan at Al-Jabbar mosque in Bandung, West Java province, Indonesia, March 22, 2023. Antara Foto/Novrian Arbi/via REUTERS
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