In Pictures: Muslims Around The World Mark The Holy Month Of Ramadan With Fasting & Prayer

The holy month of Ramadan is about fasting during daylight hours and it often comes to an end with a feast.?Ramadan is the ninth month in the Muslim lunar calendar. The daily fast is about purification and indulging into?worship such as prayer, reading the Quran and charity. It is common for mosques to host large iftar, meal to break the fast in evening.?

This year Ramadan began on May 6, and the holy month will conclude on June 4, with the sighting of new moon.?

Here are some pictures of Holy Month of Ramadan from around the world:

1. Women take pictures after the first Friday prayers during the month of Ramadan at Diyanet Center of America in Lanham, Maryland, US

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2. People?gather to eat Iftar, the meal to end their fast at sunset,?Cairo, Egypt

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3.?People attend Friday prayers at mosque in?Islamabad, Pakistan

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4. Woman?prays and reads the Quran in?Baghdad, Iraq

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5.?Palestinians break their fast by eating the Iftar meals?in?Gaza City

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6.?Muslims offer Friday prayers near railway tracks in New Delhi.

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7.?Muslim woman prepares for the start of the Friday prayers?of ramadan in?Nairobi, Kenya

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8.?Muslim women offer prayers at the shrine of Sufi Saint Sheikh Hamza Makhdoom during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar.

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9.?Muslims distribute food as they wait to have their Iftar meal in?Manama, Bahrain

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10.?Muslim men take a rest after attending Friday prayers?in Jakarta, Indonesia

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11.?Palestinians women pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in?Jerusalem's Old City.

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12. A?stun cannon is fired announcing the breaking of fast at the sun-set in Riffa south of Manama, Bahrain.

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13.?Sudanese protesters pray after breaking their fast during the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in?Khartoum, Sudan.

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14.?Somali Muslim men eat Iftar meals in?Mogadishu, Somalia.

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15. Volunteer arranges food plates for the people to break fast?in?Karachi, Pakistan

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16.?ostriches before slaughtering them to prepare charity food in?Karachi, Pakistan.

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17.?Muslim women pray?in?Jakarta, Indonesia.

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18.?Iraqi Muslim woman visits a holy place for pray in?Najaf, Iraq.

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19. A boy help his disabled father to break his fast in Najaf, Iraq

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