Updated: August 01, 2011, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Ramadan begins across the world
Dates are displayed for sale on the eve of Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Jericho on July 31, 2011. AFP PHOTO/ABBAS MOMANI *** Local Caption *** 530247-01-08.jpg
Cairo, Egypt. July 31, 2011. Muslim men attend the "Tarawih" evening prayer to mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, at Al Azhar mosque in Cairo. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
July 31 2011. Abu Dhabi UAE. Worshipers and visitors at the main door to the prayer hall at Sheikh Zayed Mosque at sunset on the last day before the start of Ramadan. Photo: Antonie Robertson/The National
July 31, 2011. Jakarta, Indonesia. Children play next a man praying before the "Tarawih" prayers, which mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta. Reuters/Supri
July 31, 2011, Jerusalem. A Palestinian vendor hangs decorations for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan at a market in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
July 31, 2011, Jerusalem. A Palestinian man hangs decorations for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan outside his home in Jerusalem. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
July 31, 2011, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Lights strung along the Corniche mark the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan. . Lee Hoagland/The National
July 30, 2011. Amman, Jordan. A woman points skyward as she and her sons look for the crescent moon signaling the beginning of Ramadan. AP Photo / Mohammad Hannon
July 30, 2011. Amman, Jordan. A Jordanian Muslim cleric looks through a telescope to observe the moon in order to determine the start date for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. AP Photo/Nader Daoud
Sunday, July 31, 2011. Lahore, Pakistan. A Pakistani worker cleans the floor of a historical Badshahi mosque in preparation for Ramadan. AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary
1 August 2011. Paranaque, Philippines. A Filipino Muslim woman enters a mosque to pray during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in suburban Paranaque, south of Manila. AP Photo/Aaron Favila
August 1, 2011. Paranaque, Philippines. A Filipino Muslim man prays inside a mosque during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in suburban Paranaque, south of Manila, Philippines. AP Photo/Aaron Favila