Fasting for Ramadan will begin on Thursday as Wednesday will be the last day of the Hijri month of Sha’ban of 1436 H. Around the world, Muslims prepared for the Holy Month.
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People walk beneath festive lights and decorations hung for the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s Old City. Ammar Awad / Reuters -
Women buy smoked yellow fins at a market ahead of Ramadan in Manila. Romeo Ranoco / Reuters -
A Pakistani shopkeeper grabs perfumes for a customer ahead of Ramadan in Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Pakistan. B.K. Bangash / AP -
Pakistani customers buy food ahead of Ramadan in Rawalpindi, Peshawar, Pakistan. B.K. Bangash / AP -
People walk through Damascus gate of Jerusalem’s Old City as it is decorated for the holy month of Ramadan. Ammar Awad / Reuters -
An Iraqi does some shopping at Shorja market in central Baghdad on Tuesday, as people prepare for the holy month of Ramadan that stars this week. Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP -
A shop full of traditional Ramadan lanterns called “fanous” is pictured ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo. Mohamed Abd El Ghany / Reuters -
A mother holds her daughter to look at a telescope to determine the sighting of the new moon to mark the start of the fasting month of Ramadan in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Fazry Ismail / EPA -
A man pushes goods on a cart at a market in Sanaa as Muslims prepare for the fasting month of Ramadan. Mohamed al-Sayaghi / Reuters -
A man rides a bicycle near decorations erected ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the port city of Sidon in southern Lebanon. Ali Hashisho / Reuters
Ramadan preparations around the world - in pictures
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