Muslims throughout pray and fast during the holy month of Ramadan.
Muslims all over the world are celebrating Ramadan with prayers, charity, fasting and midnight feasts.
Muslims pray inside mosques in Indonesia, Kashmir, Pakistan and Turkey. They gather outside Times Square in New York and in Gaza strip.
Ramadan-themed messages light up the skies in Turkey and Germany.
People in Pakistan who are breaking their fast are given food by volunteers. Muslims gather in mosques for a meal at sunset in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Palestinians shop for groceries for their pre-dawn meal in Rafah, in southern Gaza. This year’s Ramadan falls during a time when the Israel-Hamas conflict in Gaza is still raging throughout the Middle East and many people there are going without food. Even where food is accessible, it is limited to canned products and the cost is considerable.
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar and it begins with the sighting of the crescent moon.
Muslim communities may begin Ramadan on different days due to announcements by various Islamic authorities throughout the world on whether the crescent has been seen or different methodology used to establish the start of the month.
