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Nepalese Muslim men are seen reflected in a mirror as they pray next to sacks of food to distribute to needy families in Kathmandu, Nepal. Reuters
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A cannon is fired to signal the end of the fast on the first day of Ramadan at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National
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A boy looks through a window near decorations for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Sidon, Lebanon. Reuters
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Palestinian Musharatis call for Muslims to wake up to have the predawn meal before they start their long-day fast in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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A Muslim man reads the Quran inside a mosque in Mamuju, West Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Reuters
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A Muslim prays on a roof inside Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
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People eat their Iftar meals at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Reuters
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Migrant workers pray in their dormitory in Singapore. Reuters
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Muslims attend a Friday prayer at Mahabat Khan mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan. Reuters
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A small group of worshippers pray at Kaaba in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
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People buy traditional bread at a bakery before the time for iftar in the rebel-held Idlib city, Syria. Reuters
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Sheikh Junayd Ahmad leads livestreamed Taraweeh evening prayers at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound in Redmond, Washington, USA. Reuters
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A Muslim family breaks their fast with the Iftar meal in the historic Bo-Kaap district in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
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A muezzin of the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani prays in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
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A man prays insider the Great Mosque of Brussels in Belgium. Reuters
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Muslims pray before breaking their fast at Independence Square, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reuters
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A boy looks up while waiting to break his fast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
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A man reads the Quran by the window of his house in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
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A girl lies down as women pray at a mosque in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Reuters
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Imam Ahmad Al-Harasis reads the Quran at Abdullah Ben Sallam mosque in Amman, Jordan. reuters
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Nepalese Muslim men are seen reflected in a mirror as they pray next to sacks of food to distribute to needy families in Kathmandu, Nepal. Reuters
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A cannon is fired to signal the end of the fast on the first day of Ramadan at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Victor Besa / The National
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A boy looks through a window near decorations for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Sidon, Lebanon. Reuters
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Palestinian Musharatis call for Muslims to wake up to have the predawn meal before they start their long-day fast in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters
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A Muslim man reads the Quran inside a mosque in Mamuju, West Sulawesi province, Indonesia. Reuters
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A Muslim prays on a roof inside Jerusalem's Old City. Reuters
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People eat their Iftar meals at Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Reuters
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Migrant workers pray in their dormitory in Singapore. Reuters
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Muslims attend a Friday prayer at Mahabat Khan mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan. Reuters
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A small group of worshippers pray at Kaaba in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
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People buy traditional bread at a bakery before the time for iftar in the rebel-held Idlib city, Syria. Reuters
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Sheikh Junayd Ahmad leads livestreamed Taraweeh evening prayers at the Muslim Association of Puget Sound in Redmond, Washington, USA. Reuters
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A Muslim family breaks their fast with the Iftar meal in the historic Bo-Kaap district in Cape Town, South Africa. Reuters
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A muezzin of the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani prays in Baghdad, Iraq. Reuters
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A man prays insider the Great Mosque of Brussels in Belgium. Reuters
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Muslims pray before breaking their fast at Independence Square, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reuters
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A boy looks up while waiting to break his fast in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Reuters
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A man reads the Quran by the window of his house in Ahmedabad, India. Reuters
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A girl lies down as women pray at a mosque in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Reuters
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Imam Ahmad Al-Harasis reads the Quran at Abdullah Ben Sallam mosque in Amman, Jordan. reuters
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Nepalese Muslim men are seen reflected in a mirror as they pray next to sacks of food to distribute to needy families in Kathmandu, Nepal. Reuters
Ramadan 2022: which countries have the longest and shortest fast this year?
The holy month begins approximately two weeks earlier each year and is set to start at the beginning of April this year
Ismaeel Naar
16 March, 2022
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