• Pakistani Muslims pray before eating in the evening on the first day of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan on June 29, 2014. Bilawal Arbab/EPA
    Pakistani Muslims pray before eating in the evening on the first day of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan on June 29, 2014. Bilawal Arbab/EPA
  • Muslims pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque on the first day of Ramadan in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mohamed Alhwaity/Reuters
    Muslims pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque on the first day of Ramadan in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Mohamed Alhwaity/Reuters
  • Men pray before breaking their fast on the first day of the holiest month in the Islamic calendar at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on June 29, 2014. Fayaz Aziz/Reuters
    Men pray before breaking their fast on the first day of the holiest month in the Islamic calendar at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on June 29, 2014. Fayaz Aziz/Reuters
  • Girls recite the Quran at the Grand Mosque in Sanaa on the first day of the fasting month. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
    Girls recite the Quran at the Grand Mosque in Sanaa on the first day of the fasting month. Khaled Abdullah/Reuters
  • Students at an Islamic boarding school perform prayers at a mosque on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Medan, North Sumatra June 29, 2014. YT Haryono/Reuters
    Students at an Islamic boarding school perform prayers at a mosque on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Medan, North Sumatra June 29, 2014. YT Haryono/Reuters
  • A Malaysian student reads the Quran at a school in Hulu Langat, near Kuala Lumpur on June 30, 2014. Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo
    A Malaysian student reads the Quran at a school in Hulu Langat, near Kuala Lumpur on June 30, 2014. Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo
  • Libyan men shop for olives and pickles from a vendor in downtown Tripoli before breaking their fast during Islam’s holy fasting month of Ramadan on June 29, 2014. Mahmud Turkia/AFP Photo
    Libyan men shop for olives and pickles from a vendor in downtown Tripoli before breaking their fast during Islam’s holy fasting month of Ramadan on June 29, 2014. Mahmud Turkia/AFP Photo
  • Pakistani Muslims perform a special “Taraweeh” evening prayer on the first day of the Muslim fasting month at the grand Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo
    Pakistani Muslims perform a special “Taraweeh” evening prayer on the first day of the Muslim fasting month at the grand Faisal Mosque in Islamabad. Aamir Qureshi/AFP Photo
  • A girl recites the Quran during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque in Sanaa, Yemen on June 29, 2014. Khaled Abdullah /Reuters
    A girl recites the Quran during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque in Sanaa, Yemen on June 29, 2014. Khaled Abdullah /Reuters
  • A Malaysian Muslim reads the Quran during a lunch break on the 2nd day of the holy month of Ramadan inside a mosque in Kuala Lumpur on June 30, 2014. Samsul Said/Reuters
    A Malaysian Muslim reads the Quran during a lunch break on the 2nd day of the holy month of Ramadan inside a mosque in Kuala Lumpur on June 30, 2014. Samsul Said/Reuters
  • A Malaysian religious student holds the Quran at school during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Hulu Langat, near Kuala Lumpur. Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo
    A Malaysian religious student holds the Quran at school during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Hulu Langat, near Kuala Lumpur. Mohd Rasfan/AFP Photo

World

In pictures: Muslims around the world celebrating first day of Ramadan

Rob Gurdebeke

June 30, 2014

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Across a wide belt that stretches halfway around the globe, the world’s estimated 1.6 billion Muslims marked the beginning of Ramadan – the holiest month in the Islamic calendar where Muslims abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset.

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