• A Palestinian Muezzin, who calls Muslims to prayer, reads the holy Koran in an almost empty mosque in Gaza City on the first Friday prayers of Ramadan on April 24. AFP
    A Palestinian Muezzin, who calls Muslims to prayer, reads the holy Koran in an almost empty mosque in Gaza City on the first Friday prayers of Ramadan on April 24. AFP
  • A Palestinian "Musharati", who plays the traditional role of "Ramadan drummer" carries out his tour in Rafah in the southern Gaza Stripearly on April 25, 2020. AFP
    A Palestinian "Musharati", who plays the traditional role of "Ramadan drummer" carries out his tour in Rafah in the southern Gaza Stripearly on April 25, 2020. AFP
  • An Iraqi Sunni cleric of sheikh Hameed walks alone during the first day of Ramadan at Umm Al-Tabool empty mosque in central Baghdad, Iraq, 24 April 2020. EPA
    An Iraqi Sunni cleric of sheikh Hameed walks alone during the first day of Ramadan at Umm Al-Tabool empty mosque in central Baghdad, Iraq, 24 April 2020. EPA
  • The esplanade in front of the 17 Ramadan mosque in the capital Baghdad remains deserted on April 24, 2020. AFP
    The esplanade in front of the 17 Ramadan mosque in the capital Baghdad remains deserted on April 24, 2020. AFP
  • An aerial view shows the Great Mosque, deserted on the first day of Ramadan, in the Saudi holy city of Makkah, on April 24, 2020. AFP
    An aerial view shows the Great Mosque, deserted on the first day of Ramadan, in the Saudi holy city of Makkah, on April 24, 2020. AFP
  • An aerial view shows the Great Mosque and the Makkah Tower, deserted on the first day of Ramdan on April 24, 2020. AFP
    An aerial view shows the Great Mosque and the Makkah Tower, deserted on the first day of Ramdan on April 24, 2020. AFP
  • An Iranian man wearing face mask prays outside of the Saleh Shrine on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, 24 April 2020. EPA
    An Iranian man wearing face mask prays outside of the Saleh Shrine on the eve of the holy month of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, 24 April 2020. EPA
  • A general view of the vacant Saleh Shrine on the eve of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, 24 April 2020. EPA
    A general view of the vacant Saleh Shrine on the eve of Ramadan, in Tehran, Iran, 24 April 2020. EPA
  • Tunisian women walk past stalls in a central market in the capital Tunis on April 24, 2020, during the first day of Ramadan, after authorities partially eased the lockdown measures. AFP
    Tunisian women walk past stalls in a central market in the capital Tunis on April 24, 2020, during the first day of Ramadan, after authorities partially eased the lockdown measures. AFP
  • People buy traditional Arabic sweets from a shop, on the first day of Ramadan in Beirut, Lebanon, 24 April 2020. EPA
    People buy traditional Arabic sweets from a shop, on the first day of Ramadan in Beirut, Lebanon, 24 April 2020. EPA
  • Lebanese President Michel Aoun chairing a meeting of the Supreme Council of Defence, in the presence of Prime Minister Hassan Diab, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut. AFP
    Lebanese President Michel Aoun chairing a meeting of the Supreme Council of Defence, in the presence of Prime Minister Hassan Diab, at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut. AFP
  • Yemenis read the Koran on the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 April 2020. EPA
    Yemenis read the Koran on the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in Sana'a, Yemen, 24 April 2020. EPA
  • A vegetable vendor talks to a client at a food market in Algiers, Tuesday April 21, 2020. AP Photo
    A vegetable vendor talks to a client at a food market in Algiers, Tuesday April 21, 2020. AP Photo
  • The area around Bab Zuweila, one of the remaining gates in the walls of the old medieval city of Egypt's capital Cairo, is almost empty. AFP
    The area around Bab Zuweila, one of the remaining gates in the walls of the old medieval city of Egypt's capital Cairo, is almost empty. AFP

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