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A man in the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, India, reads the Quran during Ramadan . AFP
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Afghan men perform Friday prayers at a mosque in the country's capital city of Kabul. Reuters
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A man and a boy attend Friday prayers at Al Husseini mosque in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
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Palestinians gather during the second Friday prayers of Ramadan, outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. AFP
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Pakistani men place food for the people to break their fast on a roadside tent during Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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A Saudi volunteer distributes boxes of iftar meals at a traffic junction in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah. AFP
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Devotees perform their taraweeh prayers at Fateh Grand Mosque in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters
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A Palestinian man sells traditional sweets in the Old City of Nablus, during Ramadan. EPA
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Palestinian children play with sparklers in the street after iftar in Gaza City. AFP
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A woman from a humanitarian organisation prepares an iftar meal for the needy in Aleppo, Syria, during Ramadan. AFP
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Afghans wait to break their Ramadan fast at a mosque during the holy month, in Kandahar. EPA
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A man in Peshawar, Pakistan, sells date palms, a popular appetiser for breaking the fast during Ramadan. EPA
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A Kashmiri woman prays at a shrine in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA
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A woman reads the Quran while waiting for afternoon prayers at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia EPA
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Ramadan worshippers at a mosque in Najaf, Iraq. Reuters
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Palestinian children cool off in Al Fara spring near the village of Tubas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, during a heat wave in Ramadan. AFP
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Hamodah Zakout, a Palestinian musaharati, beats a drum to wake people for their pre-dawn suhoor meal at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. AP Photo
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Women outside a mosque during the Muslim fasting month in Najaf, Iraq. Reuters
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A woman with a decorative crescent moon at an orphanage in the Syrian capital Damascus. Reuters
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Young Tunisian volunteers prepare meals for people in need, in Ariana, in the capital Tunis. EPA
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A child sells prickly pear fruit on a street in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
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Worshippers pray before breaking their fast in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. EPA
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The family of Nour El-Sabah, 35, prepare traditional food to sell during Ramadan in Beni Suef, Egypt. Reuters
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Women break their fast at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reuters
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Crowds gather to receive free bread during the holy month in Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA
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An Indonesian student reads a Braille Quran at the Raudlatul Makfufin Boarding School in Pamulang, Banten. EPA
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A man in the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, India, reads the Quran during Ramadan . AFP
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Afghan men perform Friday prayers at a mosque in the country's capital city of Kabul. Reuters
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A man and a boy attend Friday prayers at Al Husseini mosque in Amman, Jordan. Reuters
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Palestinians gather during the second Friday prayers of Ramadan, outside the Dome of the Rock at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City. AFP
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Pakistani men place food for the people to break their fast on a roadside tent during Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA
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A Saudi volunteer distributes boxes of iftar meals at a traffic junction in the Saudi Arabian port city of Jeddah. AFP
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Devotees perform their taraweeh prayers at Fateh Grand Mosque in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters
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A Palestinian man sells traditional sweets in the Old City of Nablus, during Ramadan. EPA
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Palestinian children play with sparklers in the street after iftar in Gaza City. AFP
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A woman from a humanitarian organisation prepares an iftar meal for the needy in Aleppo, Syria, during Ramadan. AFP
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Afghans wait to break their Ramadan fast at a mosque during the holy month, in Kandahar. EPA
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A man in Peshawar, Pakistan, sells date palms, a popular appetiser for breaking the fast during Ramadan. EPA
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A Kashmiri woman prays at a shrine in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. EPA
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A woman reads the Quran while waiting for afternoon prayers at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia EPA
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Ramadan worshippers at a mosque in Najaf, Iraq. Reuters
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Palestinian children cool off in Al Fara spring near the village of Tubas in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, during a heat wave in Ramadan. AFP
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Hamodah Zakout, a Palestinian musaharati, beats a drum to wake people for their pre-dawn suhoor meal at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City. AP Photo
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Women outside a mosque during the Muslim fasting month in Najaf, Iraq. Reuters
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A woman with a decorative crescent moon at an orphanage in the Syrian capital Damascus. Reuters
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Young Tunisian volunteers prepare meals for people in need, in Ariana, in the capital Tunis. EPA
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A child sells prickly pear fruit on a street in Sanaa, Yemen. EPA
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Worshippers pray before breaking their fast in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. EPA
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The family of Nour El-Sabah, 35, prepare traditional food to sell during Ramadan in Beni Suef, Egypt. Reuters
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Women break their fast at Independence Square in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Reuters
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Crowds gather to receive free bread during the holy month in Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA
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An Indonesian student reads a Braille Quran at the Raudlatul Makfufin Boarding School in Pamulang, Banten. EPA
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A man in the Jamia Masjid in Srinagar, India, reads the Quran during Ramadan . AFP
Eid Al Fitr holidays for UAE government workers announced
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