• A sunset over a mosque is seen during the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar. AFP
    A sunset over a mosque is seen during the holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar. AFP
  • A Muslim lives and prays in isolation in a mosque during Itikaf, the last ten days of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Itikaf is very important for many Muslims due to the belief that the Prophet Muhammad used to exert himself even more in worship, hoping to draw himself closer to God. Itikaf involves total dedication to worship, reading Quran, and supplication. AP Photo
    A Muslim lives and prays in isolation in a mosque during Itikaf, the last ten days of the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan. Itikaf is very important for many Muslims due to the belief that the Prophet Muhammad used to exert himself even more in worship, hoping to draw himself closer to God. Itikaf involves total dedication to worship, reading Quran, and supplication. AP Photo
  • People watch Ramadan cannon firing to announce the time to break fast near a statue called "Egypt's Renaissance" during Ramadan as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Giza, Egypt. REUTERS
    People watch Ramadan cannon firing to announce the time to break fast near a statue called "Egypt's Renaissance" during Ramadan as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Giza, Egypt. REUTERS
  • Ramadan cannon fires to announce the time to break fast near a statue called "Egypt's Renaissance" during Ramadan as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Giza, Egypt. REUTERS
    Ramadan cannon fires to announce the time to break fast near a statue called "Egypt's Renaissance" during Ramadan as Egypt ramps up efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Giza, Egypt. REUTERS
  • Egyptian women prepare Kahk, Egyptian butter cookies, in the village of Dalgamon, Tanta, some 120km north of Cairo, Egypt. EPA
    Egyptian women prepare Kahk, Egyptian butter cookies, in the village of Dalgamon, Tanta, some 120km north of Cairo, Egypt. EPA
  • People queue up to buy low-cost rice and chicken packages to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Bandung. AFP
    People queue up to buy low-cost rice and chicken packages to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Bandung. AFP
  • Mamadou, a Guinean journalist in exile, holds his misbahah while performing the Laylat al-Qadr prayers in his room in Paris, France. EPA
    Mamadou, a Guinean journalist in exile, holds his misbahah while performing the Laylat al-Qadr prayers in his room in Paris, France. EPA
  • Shi'ite worshippers place copies of the Koran on their heads during the holy month of Ramadan at Imam Ali Shrine, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. REUTERS
    Shi'ite worshippers place copies of the Koran on their heads during the holy month of Ramadan at Imam Ali Shrine, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq. REUTERS
  • A volunteer, right, distributes food boxes among people to break their fast 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 Karachi, Pakistan. AP Photo
    A volunteer, right, distributes food boxes among people to break their fast 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 Karachi, Pakistan. AP Photo
  • An elderly Palestinian man reads the Koran at the beach of Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza city, during the last week of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. AFP
    An elderly Palestinian man reads the Koran at the beach of Al-Shati refugee camp in Gaza city, during the last week of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. AFP

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Ramadan around the world in photos: May 17

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

The National

May 17, 2020

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