• People gather before a pitch-side iftar meal at Chelsea Football Club's Stamford Bridge stadium during Ramadan in London. Reuters
    People gather before a pitch-side iftar meal at Chelsea Football Club's Stamford Bridge stadium during Ramadan in London. Reuters
  • Cold drinks on display at an iftar flash market that opens only during Ramadan in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA
    Cold drinks on display at an iftar flash market that opens only during Ramadan in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. EPA
  • A Muslim reads the Koran before breaking fast during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a free Iftar meal distribution in Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt, 28 March 2023. Iftar is the fast-breaking meal eaten by Muslims during Ramadan immediately after sunset. Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last ten nights. EPA / KHALED ELFIQI
    A Muslim reads the Koran before breaking fast during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a free Iftar meal distribution in Al-Azhar mosque in Cairo, Egypt, 28 March 2023. Iftar is the fast-breaking meal eaten by Muslims during Ramadan immediately after sunset. Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sexual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar, and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last ten nights. EPA / KHALED ELFIQI
  • SNP leader Humza Yousaf leads his family in prayer in Bute House after breaking their fast. Photo: Humza Yousaf / Twitter
    SNP leader Humza Yousaf leads his family in prayer in Bute House after breaking their fast. Photo: Humza Yousaf / Twitter
  • Muslim US army soldiers line up water bottles as they prepare to set up a fast-breaking iftar meal at the US Camp Arifjan, about 60km south of Kuwait City. AFP
    Muslim US army soldiers line up water bottles as they prepare to set up a fast-breaking iftar meal at the US Camp Arifjan, about 60km south of Kuwait City. AFP
  • Muslims eat at an Iftar event at 22 Bishopsgate in London run by the Ramadan Tent Project charity. EPA
    Muslims eat at an Iftar event at 22 Bishopsgate in London run by the Ramadan Tent Project charity. EPA
  • A volunteer distributes iftar food on the fourth day of Ramadan in Freetown, Sierra Leone. AFP
    A volunteer distributes iftar food on the fourth day of Ramadan in Freetown, Sierra Leone. AFP
  • Local NGO prepares Iftar food for people at an internally-displaced camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. AP Photo
    Local NGO prepares Iftar food for people at an internally-displaced camp on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. AP Photo
  • Jordan's King Abdullah II, centre, performs Maghrib sunset prayers before an iftar meal hosted by the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces in Amman. AFP
    Jordan's King Abdullah II, centre, performs Maghrib sunset prayers before an iftar meal hosted by the General Command of the Jordanian Armed Forces in Amman. AFP
  • Muslims at a charity iftar for low-wage workers in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters
    Muslims at a charity iftar for low-wage workers in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters
  • Young Yemeni volunteers carry food to be distributed for an iftar meal in Sanaa. AFP
    Young Yemeni volunteers carry food to be distributed for an iftar meal in Sanaa. AFP
  • A man holds a package of dates and a drink as he prepares to break his fast at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al Kilani in Baghdad. AFP
    A man holds a package of dates and a drink as he prepares to break his fast at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Al Kilani in Baghdad. AFP
  • Muslims attend an iftar in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
    Muslims attend an iftar in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Reuters
  • Fishermen break their fast on a boat in the port city of Karachi. AFP
    Fishermen break their fast on a boat in the port city of Karachi. AFP
  • Visitors celebrate Ramadan at Global Village, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
    Visitors celebrate Ramadan at Global Village, Dubai. Chris Whiteoak / The National
  • Afghan bakers prepare Jalebi, a popular sweet for devotees breaking their fast, at a shop in Kandahar. AFP
    Afghan bakers prepare Jalebi, a popular sweet for devotees breaking their fast, at a shop in Kandahar. AFP

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Muslims breaking their fast around the world - in pictures

From Chelsea Football Club to a Pakistani fishing boat, iftar is taken in all kinds of locations

The National

March 29, 2023

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Updated: March 29, 2023, 10:32 AM
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