
A boy cleaning a mosque ahead of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, June 5, 2016.
ARSHAD ARBAB / EUROPEAN PRESSPHOTO AGENCY
Indonesian Muslims hold prayers to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya
Juni Kriswanto / AFP
A Palestinian man decorates his shop with lights near the entrance of the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in the old city of Quds (Jerusalem)
Ahmad Gharabli / AFP

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picture of Muslims eating Iftar, the evening meal for breaking their
fast, on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in the
western Indian city of Ahmedabad.
Amit Dave
People buy dates from a shop at a market in Karachi, Pakistan, on the eve of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan
Asif Hassan / AFP
Muslims praying at the Islamic Centre in Aceh, Indonesia, on the eve of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
FACHRUL REZA / NURPHOTO /ZUMA PRESS
A Syrian man reading a copy of the Quran, the sacred text of Islam, at a book stall in a market in Damascus on June 5, 2016.
LOUAI BESHARA / AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE / GETTY IMAGES
Men praying at Masjid Darul Faha in Bangkok on June 5, 2016, the night before the start of Ramadan.
JACK KURTZ / ZUMA PRESS
A Palestinian vendor sells traditional lanterns in Gaza City
Mahmud Hams / AFP

A man carries sweets at a factory ahead of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Jalalabad, Afghanistan
Noorullah Shirzada / AFP
A Palestinian man decorates his shop with lights in the old city of Quds (Jerusalem)
Ahmad Gharabli / AFP
Palestinians take part in a celebration ahead of the beginning of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City
Said Khatib / AFP
Decorations along a street in Al-Khalil (Hebron), West Bank, are viewed through an electronic device on June 5, 2016, ahead of the beginning of Ramadan.
WISAM HASHLAMOUN / APA IMAGES / ZUMA PRESS

Traditional lanterns lighted up a market in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, on June 5, 2016.
MOHAMMED ASAD / APA IMAGES / ZUMA PRESS
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