Updated: July 08, 2013, 12:00 AM
In pictures: Muslims around the world gear up for Ramadan
A Palestinian man puts out lanters at his shop in the old city of Jerusalem on July 7, 2013, as people prepare for the upcoming Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calender, in which they abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset. AFP PHOTO/AHMAD GHARABLI
Palestinian women walk in front of parasols placed outside the Dome of Rock, at the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem. Ahmad Gharbali / AFP Photo
An Afghan worker carries traditional 'jelabi' sweets from a factory in Herat. Aref Karimi / AFP Photo
A Pakistani labourer pulls a cart loaded with mangoes. Aamir Qureshi / AFP Photo
A vendor displays bananas at his stall in Mogadishu. Feisal Omar / Reuters
Brunei's Islamic religious officers perform "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon of Ramadan, in Bandar Seri Bebawan. Ahim Rani / Reuters
A shopkeeper in Indonesia arranges headscarfs. Tatan Syuflana / AP Photo
An official from Malaysia's Islamic authority performs Rukyah, the sighting of the new moon, at KL Tower in Kuala Lumpur. Daniel Chan / AP Photo
Indonesian children and elder Muslim men look to the skies for a new moon from the rooftop of the Al Hidayah Basmol mosque in Jakarta today. Romeo Gacad / AFP Photo
A vendor arranges his fruit and vegetables at ther popular market in Al Hussein Palestinian refugee camp in Amman. Majed Jaber / Reuters
A vendor waits for customers at a prayer-beads shop, in Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA / BILAWAL ARBAB
Indonesian Muslims prepare to sight the new moon from the rooftop of the Al-Hidayah Basmol mosque in Jakarta. AFP PHOTO / ROMEO GACAD
A Palestinian man hangs decorations at the entrance to the compound of The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS / Ammar Awad
A Palestinian man sits next to decorations at the entrance to the compound of The Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem's Old City July. REUTERS / Ammar Awad
A Sudanese man prepares his shop for Ramadan shopping at a market in Khartoum, Sudan. AP Photo / Abd Raouf
A Pakistani vendor arranges dates at his stall at a fruit market ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Islamabad. AFP PHOTO / AAMIR QURESHI
Women buy ripe mangoes and other fruits at a stall in Somalia's capital Mogadishu as Muslims prepare for the fasting month of Ramadan. REUTERS / Feisal Omar