• Muslims pray in a mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. EPA
    Muslims pray in a mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. EPA
  • A customer examines fruit for sale in a street-market as families shop for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Mogadishu, Somalia. AP
    A customer examines fruit for sale in a street-market as families shop for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Mogadishu, Somalia. AP
  • A general view of the Gazi Husrev Bay's Mosque in Sarajevo on the 27th night of Ramadan, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. EPA
    A general view of the Gazi Husrev Bay's Mosque in Sarajevo on the 27th night of Ramadan, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. EPA
  • A man reads the Koran, seen from a window of his house decorated with a traditional Ramadan lantern called "fanous", on the Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, the holiest night for Muslims, during a night-time curfew amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS
    A man reads the Koran, seen from a window of his house decorated with a traditional Ramadan lantern called "fanous", on the Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, the holiest night for Muslims, during a night-time curfew amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS
  • Muslim women wearing face masks amid concern over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus receive food aid donated by the Southern Peace Media Club in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, ahead of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. AFP
    Muslim women wearing face masks amid concern over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus receive food aid donated by the Southern Peace Media Club in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, ahead of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. AFP
  • Volunteers at Springreens Community Cafe prepare free Iftar meals for fasting Muslims celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. EPA
    Volunteers at Springreens Community Cafe prepare free Iftar meals for fasting Muslims celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. EPA
  • Muslims pray during the Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, the holiest night for Muslims, while practicing social distancing, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the fasting month of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. REUTERS
    Muslims pray during the Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, the holiest night for Muslims, while practicing social distancing, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the fasting month of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. REUTERS
  • A boy performs Laylat al-Qadr (Arabic for Night of Destiny) prayer inside Al Azhar mosque in Egypt, Cairo. EPA
    A boy performs Laylat al-Qadr (Arabic for Night of Destiny) prayer inside Al Azhar mosque in Egypt, Cairo. EPA
  • Muslim worshippers take part in evening prayers on Laylat al-Qadr during the holy fasting month of Ramadan outside the compound known as al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem's Old City due to restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jerusalem. REUTERS
    Muslim worshippers take part in evening prayers on Laylat al-Qadr during the holy fasting month of Ramadan outside the compound known as al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem's Old City due to restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jerusalem. REUTERS
  • Members of the Ashour family gather in prayer at a family home, due to closure of mosques during the coronavirus pandemic, in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank 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
    Members of the Ashour family gather in prayer at a family home, due to closure of mosques during the coronavirus pandemic, in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank 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
  • A woman goes for shopping ahead of Eid al-Fitr in Herat, Pakistan. EPA/JALIL REZAYEE
    A woman goes for shopping ahead of Eid al-Fitr in Herat, Pakistan. EPA/JALIL REZAYEE
  • Palestinians gather to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Mount of Olives with a backdrop of the Old City of Jerusalem and the closed al-Aqsa Mosque compound, during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. AFP
    Palestinians gather to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Mount of Olives with a backdrop of the Old City of Jerusalem and the closed al-Aqsa Mosque compound, during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. AFP
  • Volunteers distribute food among people gather to break their fast at sunset during the Muslims fasting month of Ramadan after the government relaxed a weeks-long lockdown that was enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Islamabad, Pakistan. AP Photo
    Volunteers distribute food among people gather to break their fast at sunset during the Muslims fasting month of Ramadan after the government relaxed a weeks-long lockdown that was enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Islamabad, Pakistan. AP Photo
  • Palestinian family members prepare to smoke mackerel on the roof of their house 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
    Palestinian family members prepare to smoke mackerel on the roof of their house 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
  • Syrians buy Arabic sweets in one of the old souks of Damascus, Syria. EPA
    Syrians buy Arabic sweets in one of the old souks of Damascus, Syria. EPA
  • A man buys clothes in a shop, in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Baghdad, Iraq. REUTERS
    A man buys clothes in a shop, in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Baghdad, Iraq. REUTERS
  • A woman walks through a disinfecting gate before entering a mall ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Karachi. AFP
    A woman walks through a disinfecting gate before entering a mall ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Karachi. AFP
  • Palestinian bakers prepare 'Saj' bread, in Hebron, Palestine. EPA
    Palestinian bakers prepare 'Saj' bread, in Hebron, Palestine. EPA

Ramadan around the world in photos: May 20


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