Ramadan around the world

Muslims across the world are holding fast during the holy month of Ramadan. Millions of Muslim around the world mark the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating, drinking, and smoking as well as sexual activities from dawn to dusk.

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Indian Muslim men perform the tarawih special prayer during the Islamic holy month of Ramadaninside the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of New Delhi on 23 May 2018. Like millions of Muslim around the world, Indian Muslims mark the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating, drinking, and smoking as well as sexual activities from dawn to dusk. 

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This handout photo released and taken on 22 May 2018 by the Turkish presidential press office, shows Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan (C) breaking his fast alongside his wife Emine Erdogan (C-L) during an iftar (fast-breaking) dinner at the home of Turkish citizens Huseyin Cahit Sargin in Ankara. 

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Pakistani Muslims wait to break the fast during Islam's holy month of Ramadan in Quetta on 23 May 2018.

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Indonesian Muslims read the Koran at a Mosque in Bandung, West Java, on 23 May 2018, during the 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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Iraqi men prepare food for Iftar, the sunset meal that breaks the daytime fast, which a charity organisation in Mosul distributes to those in need during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in the northern Iraqi city on 23 May 2018, some 10 months after dislodging the Islamic State group from the area.

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In this photo taken on 22 May 2018 Afghan Muslims wait to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Herat. 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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Yemenis buy dates at a market in the capital Sanaa on 22 May 2018 during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. 

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Iranian Shiite Muslims visit the Emamzadeh Saleh mosque in Tajrish square in northern Tehran on 22 May 2018, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan. 

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A group of friends smoke hookah after breaking Ramadan Fast outside Cedar's Bakery on 19 May 2018 in Dearborn, Michigan. South-eastern Michigan has one of the largest Middle Eastern populations in the United States, and Dearborn has a large population of Iraqi, Lebanese, and Yemeni families.