Ramadan around the world in photos: May 18

Images of an Islamic holy month like no other because of the coronavirus outbreak

Followers of the Senegalese Mouride brotherhood, an order of Sufi Islam, attend Muslim Friday prayers at West Africa's largest mosque the Massalikul Jinaan, in Dakar, Senegal. AP Photo

A follower of the Senegalese Mouride brotherhood, an order of Sufi Islam, wears a mask during Muslim Friday prayers at West Africa's largest mosque the Massalikul Jinaan, in Dakar, Senegal. AP Photo

Iraqis shop for Eid al-Fitr at a market in Baghdad's Karada district, Iraq. EPA

A Palestinian vendor sells corns before Ramadan Iftar time along the beach during a heat wave amid concerns about the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Gaza. REUTERS

Shiite Muslims gather, albeit in fewer numbers due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at the Imam Ali shrine in the central Iraqi holy city of Najaf, to mark Lailat al-Qadr, a night in the holy month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. AFP

Muslim worshippers offer the evening prayer Tarawih as they maintain social distancing at al-Azhar Mosque in the Egyptian capital Cairo, during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. AFP

Palestinian families wait to have their Iftar breaking a Ramadan fasting day on the beach of Gaza City. AP Photo

Vendors clean fish for costumers at a fish market in the eastern Libyan port city of Benghazi during the last week of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. AFP

Muslims wearing protective gloves and face masks pray in the streets of Lavapies neighborhood during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Madrid, Spain. EPA

A Palestinian man, wearing protective face masks and gloves during the COVID-19 pandemic, carries a tray of baked traditional cookies in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. AFP

A Palestinian boy carries a tray of traditional cookies in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. AFP

Migrant people walk towards the ferry terminal to go back to their home places ahead of the Eid-Al-Fitr festival which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, during a government-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Munshiganj on the outskirts of Dhaka. AFP

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