Muslims around the world observe holy month of Ramadan
Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk.
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- A Pakistani Muslim recites the Quran at a mosque during the Islamic month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, June 17, 2016. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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- Pakistani volunteers arrange food for people to break their fast at dusk in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, June 17, 2016. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
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- Pakistani vendors prepare food for customers during the Islamic month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, June 17, 2016. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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- Palestinians walk towards the Qalandia checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and Jerusalem on their way to pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, June 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
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- Palestinian women take a picture during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, Friday, June 17, 2016. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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- Kenyan Muslims pray on the second Friday of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, at Masjid Noor, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, June 17, 2016. Ramadan, which is calculated on the sighting of the new moon, began June 6 in Kenya, where practicing Muslims worldwide abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activities from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
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- Kenyan Muslims recite Quran, Islam’s holy book, on the second Friday of Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, at Masjid Noor, Nairobi, Kenya, Friday, June 17, 2016. Ramadan, which is calculated on the sighting of the new moon, began June 6 in Kenya, where practicing Muslims worldwide abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activities from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim)
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- Muslim men perform Friday prayer near mannequins displaying Islamic clothing at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, June 17, 2016. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara)
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- An Indian Muslim man grooms a young boy as they wait to offer prayers on the second Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, Friday, June 17, 2016. Islam’s holiest month is a period of intense prayer, self-discipline, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
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- Muslims pray on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Friday, June 17, 2016. Observant Muslims abstain from eating and drinking from dawn to dusk for the entire month of Ramadan. A single sip of water or a puff of a cigarette is enough to invalidate the fast. (AP Photo/ A.M. Ahad)
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- A Pakistani religious student takes a nap in a class during the Islamic month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, June 17, 2016. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)
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- Afghan boys carry traditional Afghani bread, known as Bolani, to sell, during of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramadan, when they refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
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- An Afghan boy studies the Koran during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Herat on June 15, 2016. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. (Aref Karimi/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Sudanese arrive to share a picnic at a park on Nile Street as they break the fast during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on June 17, 2016 in the capital Khartoum. (Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Sudanese women arrive to share a picnic at a park on Nile Street as they break the fast during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on June 17, 2016 in the capital Khartoum. (Ebrahim Hamid/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Palestinians wait to cross the Israeli Qalandia checkpoint as Muslim worshippers make their way to attend the second Friday prayer of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque compound, on June 17, 2016 near the West Bank city of Ramallah, in the occupied West Bank. (Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Palestinian Muslim worshippers perform Friday prayer at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s old city on June 17, 2016 during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Around 53,000 Palestinians from the West Bank were allowed into Jerusalem to pray at Al-Aqsa, an Israeli spokeswoman said. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Palestinian Muslim worshippers perform Friday prayer at the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem’s old city on June 17, 2016 during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Around 53,000 Palestinians from the West Bank were allowed into Jerusalem to pray at Al-Aqsa, an Israeli spokeswoman said. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Pakistani Muslims take part in Friday prayers at a mosque in Lahore on June 17, 2016 during the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. (Arif Ali/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Myanmar Muslims attend the evening Maghrib prayer during Ramadan at the 59th Street Mosque in downtown on June 17, 2016 in Yangon, Burma. The Maghrib prayer is the final prayer before breaking fast in the evening. Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic calendar, observed by the Muslim community as a month of fasting. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
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- A Myanmar Muslim woman attends the evening Maghrib prayer during Ramadan at the 59th Street Mosque in downtown on June 17, 2016 in Yangon, Burma. The Maghrib prayer is the final prayer before breaking fast in the evening. Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic calendar, observed by the Muslim community as a month of fasting. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
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- Myanmar Muslims partake in Iftari, or breaking fast, after the final evening prayer during Ramadan at the 59th Street Mosque in downtown on June 17, 2016 in Yangon, Burma. Ramadan is the 9th month in the Islamic calendar, observed by the Muslim community as a month of fasting. (Photo by Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images)
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- Indian Muslim shopkeepers break their fast at their place of work during the fasting month of Ramadan in Allahabad on June 17, 2016. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images)
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- Vendors sell food during the holy month of Ramadan on June 15, 2016 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Muslim men and women across the world observe Ramadan, a month long celebration of self-purification and restraint. During Ramadan, the Muslim community fast, abstaining from food, drink, smoking and sex between sunrise and sunset, breaking their fast with an Iftar meal after sunset. (Photo by Francois Nel/Getty Images)
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- A Tunisian family watches a Euro 2016 football match during the break of Ramadan fast on June 17, 2016 in Tunis. (Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images)
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