First day of Ramadan around the world - in pictures
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Men gather for iftar in Sudan's eastern city of Kassala on the first day of Ramadan. AFP -
Muslims pray amid the rubble and ruins in a destroyed part of Gaza city's historic Omari Mosque on the first day of Ramadan. AFP -
Cars drive past a giant lantern in the main square of the southern Lebanese city of Nabatieh, on the first day of Ramadan. AFP -
Palestinians break their fast near the rubble of buildings, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip. Reuters -
Indonesian Muslims during taraweeh prayer at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. AP -
The first iftar cannon of Ramadan 2025 fired by Dubai Police at Expo City. Antonie Robertson/The National -
A woman recites the Quran at the Grand Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia. Reuters -
Worshippers attend Friday prayers ahead of the beginning of Ramadan at London Islamic Cultural Society mosque in London. Reuters -
People take part in a Ramadan parade on Fifth Avenue in the Brooklyn borough in New York City. AFP -
Muslims offer prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at Fayuan mosque in Beijing. AFP -
Malaysia's Islamic Authority's officers stand in silhouettes as they perform 'rukyah', the sighting of the new moon, which signals the start of Ramadan, in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Reuters -
Kyrgyz Muslim worshippers pray inside the Abdulkarim Satuq Bughra Khan Mosque in Bishkek. AFP -
Palestinians hold a collective suhoor meal in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip. AP -
People gather along the decorated seaside corniche in Libya's second-largest city of Benghazi. AFP -
Worshippers perform a night prayer called 'Tarawih' at the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. AP -
The Mevlana mosque in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. EPA
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