Ramadan around the world

Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.

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Aug. 30, 2011

Children carry torches through the streets of Jakarta to mark the end of Ramadan and the start of Eid al-Fitr celebrations.

Supri / Reuters

Aug. 30, 2011

Naimah A. Muhammad, 29, of Alexandria joins Muslims from the Masjid Muhammad Mosque to celebrate Eid at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Washington.

Nikki Kahn / The Washington Post

Aug. 30, 2011

Rafiah Jones, in blue at right, and granddaughter Asiya Khokhar, 7, both of Washington, pray at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Washington.

Nikki Kahn / The Washington Post

Aug. 30, 2011

Gail Daniels of Washington shades herself after a prayer with members of the Masjid Muhammad Mosque at the Turkey Thicket Recreation Center in Washington.

Nikki Kahn / The Washington Post

Aug. 30, 2011

Somali refugees celebrate Eid at Kenya's Dadaab Refugee Camp, northeast of Nairobi.

Jonathan Ernst / Reuters

Aug. 30, 2011

Indonesian Muslim women take part in a special morning prayer celebrating the start of the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival at Bali’s Bajra Sandhi Monument in Denpasar, Indonesia. The world's most populated Muslim nation, Indonesia, started Eid al-Fitr celebrations marking the end of Muslim's holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 29, 2011

A Thai Muslim man uses binoculars to spot the moon on the eve of the end of the fasting month of Ramadan in Thailand's southern province of Yala. Eid al-Fitr celebrations that mark the end of the holy Muslim month will start on Aug. 30, at the sighting of the new moon.

Muhammad Sabri / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 30, 2011

Thai Muslims gather and offer prayers at a cemetery on the first day of Eid al-Fitr celebrations in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat. Muslims in the southern region of Thailand started celebrating the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of the fasting month of Ramadan on Tuesday.

Madaree Tohlala / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 30, 2011

An Egyptian family buys colorful party hats in Tahrir Square for their daughters following morning prayers, in celebration of the start of the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan. Tahrir Square, located in Cairo, was the scene of mass demonstrations that brought down the regime of former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak.

Khaled Desouki / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 30, 2011

Turks pray during the start of the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival at the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul.

Bulent Kilic / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 30, 2011

A Palestinian Muslim child dressed up in an ornate Arab headdress, sits with adults as they attend the morning prayers to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Khan Yunis in the southern part of the Gaza Strip.

Said Khatib / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 30, 2011

Children hold their bag of gifts as adults pray to celebrate Eid al-Fitr in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip.

Said Khatib / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 30, 2011

Afghan President Hamid Karzai, second from left, inspects a guard of honor following Eid al-Fitr prayers at the Presidential Palace in Kabul. Karzai pardoned eight would-be bombers who are under 18 on the first day of Eid al-Fitr. Taliban insurgents have in the past used children to carry out suicide attacks on Afghan and NATO forces in the warn-torn country.

Massoud Hossaini / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 29, 2011

Rebel fighters in Libya perform a prayer on the last day of the fasting month of Ramadan near Nofilia as they head to Moammar Gaddafi’s hometown of Sirte, where insurgents prepared to launch an assault after routing his forces in the capital city one week ago. The chiefs of staff of countries militarily involved in the Libyan conflict agreed that the war in the North African country was not over yet.

Eric Feferberg / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 30, 2011

Filipino Muslim women gather to pray in celebration of the start of the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival in Manila. About 5 percent of Filipinos are Muslim, making them the largest minority in the mainly Roman Catholic nation.

Noel Celis / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 30, 2011

Indonesian women take part in a special morning prayer celebrating the start of the three-day Eid al-Fitr festival at Bali's Bajra Sandhi Monument in Denpasar, Indonesia.

Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 29, 2011

A Pakistani beautician applies traditional henna designs to the hands of customers ahead of the Muslim festivities of Eid al-Fitr, in Karachi, Pakistan.

Asif Hassan / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 29, 2011

Afghan police break the Ramadan fast after sunset at the government district center in Mohman Dara, Afghanistan. Only a few days of fasting remain as Afghans prepare to celebrate Eid al-Fitr and the end of Ramadan.

John Moore / Getty Images

Aug. 29, 2011

Nepalese lawmaker Karima Begam prays at a parliament session during the holy month of Ramadan in Kathmandu, Nepal. Nepal's lawmakers agreed to extend the term of the country's parliament for another three months to try to finally draft a new constitution after the civil war that ended in 2006.

Prakash Mathema / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 29, 2011

Muslims wait in line for a pad Thai noodle dish at a food market, breaking their fast on the eve of the last day of Ramadan in the southern province of Pattani, Thailand.

Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

Aug. 29, 2011

An Indian Muslim vendor waits for customers at his makeshift roadside dry fruits shop ahead of Eid al-Fitr in Kolkata, India. Markets across the Muslim world witnessed a huge shopping rush prior to Eid al-Fitr.

Dibyangshu Sarkar / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 28, 2011

Kashmiri Muslims pray inside the Jamia Masjid Mosque on Laylat al-Qadr, also known as the Night of Power, the 28th night of the Holy month of Ramadan, in Srinagar, India. Laylat al-Qadr commemorates the night when the Muslim holy book, the Koran, was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the angel Gabriel.

Tauseef Mustafa / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 30, 2011

Pakistani passengers cram onto an overloaded train to return to their hometowns for the Eid al-Fitr festival in Lahore, Pakistan. Bus and train stations were crowded with homebound passengers for Eid al-Fitr celebrations.

Arif Ali / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 26, 2011

Indian Muslims offer prayers on the last Friday of Ramadan at a mosque in New Delhi.

Manish Swarup / AP

Aug. 26, 2011

A Palestinian girl looks at an Israeli soldier through a concrete wall at Israel's checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem.

Baz Ratner / Reuters

August 19, 2011

Bosnian Muslim women read the Koran in a mosque during Ramadan in the central Bosnian town of Zenica.

Dado Ruvic / Reuters

Aug. 27, 2011

Indians participate in a Haleem cooking contest in Hyderabad, India. Haleem is a traditional dish of lamb and wheat prepared during Ramadan.

Mahesh Kumar A / AP

Aug. 25, 2011

Muslim boys pray at the Grand Mosque in Kuwait City on the night of "Laylat al-Qadr," which marks the night the Koran, Islam's holy book, was revealed to the Prophet Mohammed through the archangel Gabriel, during the fasting month of Ramadan.

Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 25, 2011

Muslim women pray at the Grand Mosque in Kuwait City during Laylat al-Qadr.

Yasser Al-Zayyat / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 25, 2011

Muslim women pray at the Grand Mosque in Kuwait City on the night of Laylat al-Qadr.

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Aug. 24, 2011

A Syrian man roasts nuts before the iftar meal during the holy month of Ramadan in the Al-Midan neighborhood in central Damascus, Syria.

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Aug. 24, 2011

A Syrian street vendor prepares juice in time for the iftar meal during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan in Al-Midan neighborhood in central Damascus, Syria.

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Aug. 24, 2011

Children distribute dates to commuters to break their fast along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Aug. 24, 2011

A Muslim man and his children distribute dates and drinks to commuters to break their fast along a roadside in Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Aug. 24, 2011

Thousands of Iraqi Shiite Muslim worshippers gather at the Imam Hussein shrine in the central holy city of Karbala, Iraq, to mark the Laylat al-Qadr.

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Aug. 22, 2011

An Iranian Shiite Muslim prays during the Laylat al-Qadr, which commemorates the revelation of the Koran to the Prophet Mohammed through the archangel Gabriel, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran.

Behrouz Mehri / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 25, 2011

A Saudi man buys incense outside a shop at the Mecca market in central Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Muslims across the world are getting ready to celebrate Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Fayez Nureldine / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 20, 2011

The Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia.

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Aug. 19, 2011

Muslims arrive to the Jumeirah Mosque after breaking their fast in the gulf emirate of Dubai.

Karim Sahib / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 1, 2011

Turkish people break their first day of fasting on a bridge in Eyup Sultan in downtown Istanbul.

Mustafa Ozer / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 19, 2011

An Iranian woman prays in a religious ceremony at the Imam Khomeini grand mosque in Tehran.

Vahid Salemi / AP

Aug. 19, 2011

Israeli police use a water cannon to disperse a crowd of Palestinians outside Damascus Gate in Jerusalem's Old City. Dozens of Palestinians tried to reach al-Aqsa mosque, scuffling with police at one of the gates.

Sebastian Scheiner / AP

Aug. 12, 2011

Muslim women pray during Ramadan evening prayer at the Pattani Central Mosque in southern Thailand. The long evening prayer comes after the breaking of the sunrise-to-sunset fast.

Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

Aug. 12, 2011

An Afghan National Police officer carrying his Kalashnikov rifle prepares for Iftar, the breaking of the Ramadan fast at sunset, at the joint U.S.-Afghan combat outpost of the 2-87 Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, in Kandahar province.

Romeo Gacad / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 13, 2011

Turkish soldiers from the International Security Assistance Force distribute chocolate to children during the month of Ramadan in Kabul.

Massoud Hossaini / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 5, 2011

Nepalese Muslims look from a balcony after Friday prayers at Kashmiri Mosque in Kathmandu.

Prakash Mathema / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 13, 2011

Palestinian families break their Ramadan fast on a Mediterranean beach in Gaza City, where Palestinian families escape the hot weather and shortage of electricity.

Adel Hana / AP

Aug. 12, 2011

Thai Muslim women pray during Ramadan at the Pattani Central Mosque in Thailand.

Paula Bronstein / Getty Images

Aug. 12, 2011

A man washes his face before prayers in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Achmad Ibrahim / AP

Aug. 12, 2011

Palestinian Muslims walk through an Israeli checkpoint on the outskirts of the West Bank city of Bethlehem as they wait to cross into Jerusalem to attend Ramadan prayers at the al-Aqsa mosque compound.

Musa al-Shaer / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 12, 2011

A Palestinian child stands among Palestinian women as they attempt to pass a checkpoint on their way to pray at the al-Aqsa mosque.

Bernat Armangue / AP

Aug. 12, 2011

Indonesians walk after a mass prayer during Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta.

Supri / Reuters

Aug. 11, 2011

An Iraqi man sells a traditional licorice root drink in Baghdad's Adhamiya neighborhood as Muslims have their late night "suhur" meal before resuming their Ramadan fast at dawn.

Sabah Arar / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 11, 2011

A Kashmiri Muslim prays at the Shahi-Hamdan shrine during Ramadan in Srinagar, India.

Tauseef Mustafa / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 10, 2011

Indian Muslim Mohammed Abdul Khader sings and beats a drum as he walks the streets of Hyderabad, India, to wake up Muslims before dawn and the start of the day-long Ramadan fast.

Noah Seelam / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 10, 2011

Libyan rebel fighters pray in the shade of a rocket launcher during Ramadan on the outskirts of the coastal oil town of Brega, Libya.

Gianluigi Guercia / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 8, 2011

An Indian Muslim child offers prayers at the Jama Masjid mosque near the historic Golkonda Fort in the old city of Hyderabad.

Noah Seelam / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 7, 2011

An elderly Yemeni man reads the Koran, Islam's holy book, at the grand mosque in Sanaa.

Mohammed Huwais / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 7, 2011

Afghan men make sweets in a shop during Ramadan in Kabul.

Majid Saeedi / Getty Images

Aug. 7, 2011

A Bangladeshi vendor sells prayer beads in Dhaka.

Munir Uz Zaman / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 8, 2011

A burqa-clad Afghan woman holds her child as she begs for alms on a road in Kabul during the holy month of Ramadan.

Shah Marai / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 7, 2011

Afghan men pray on the street in Kabul.

Majid Saeedi / Getty Images

Aug. 7, 2011

Afghan men make sweets in a shop in Kabul.

Majid Saeedi / Getty Images

Aug. 6, 2011

A young Pakistani Muslim arranges bowls of food before Iftar, the breaking of the fast, in Lahore.

Arif Ali / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 7, 2011

Pakistani women queue for free food at a distributing point of Rana Foundation in Lahore.

Arif Ali / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 7, 2011

Pakistani Muslims pray prior to breaking their fast in Karachi.

Rizwan Tabassum / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 7, 2011

A man has kohl applied to his eyelids at the grand mosque in Sanaa, Yemen.

Jumana el-Heloueh / Reuters

Aug. 6, 2011

Southern Somalis pray outside makeshift shelters at a refugee camp in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Farah Abdi Warsameh / AP

Aug. 6, 2011

A Kashmiri Muslim woman cries as she prays at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani in Srinagar, India.

Altaf Qadri / AP

Aug. 5, 2011

An Indian Muslim prays after breaking the Ramadan fast at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi.

Kevin Frayer / AP

Aug. 5, 2011

Muslims offer prayers at the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque in New Delhi.

Prakash Singh / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 5, 2011

Palestinian Muslim worshipers leave the al-Aqsa mosque compound after prayers.

Gali Tibbon / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 5, 2011

A Libyan man reads the Koran in the shade, ahead of noon prayer in the rebel stronghold of Benghazi in eastern Libya.

Gianluigi Guercia / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 5, 2011

A Palestinian woman reads the Koran at a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Saif Dahlah / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 5, 2011

A Pakistani police officer guards Muslims as they offer prayers outside a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan. In Pakistan, the world's second most populous Muslim country, Ramadan started one day after Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest shrines Mecca and Medina, because local authorities did not confirm the sighting of the new moon.

Asif Hassan / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 4, 2011

Fruit vendors wait for customers before Iftar, when Muslims break their fast, in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. Ramadan, the month in which the holy Koran was revealed to the prophet Mohammad, is observed by devout Muslims who abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with a meal known as Iftar.

Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images

Aug. 5, 2011

Muslims take off their shoes before entering a mosque for the first Friday noon prayers of the fasting month of Ramadan in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali. Ramadan, the holy month during which Muslims abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk, began Aug. 1 when the new moon was sighted.

Sonny Tumbelaka / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 4, 2011

Afghan children study the Koran during the holy month of Ramadan in Kandalay village in Kandahar province in southern Afghanistan.

Romeo Gacad / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 4, 2011

Indian Muslims parade a camel through the streets before it is sacrificed on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Hyderabad, India.

Noah Seelam / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 3, 2011

An Indian worker dries Seviiyan — thin vermicelli — which is used for the preparation of Sheer Khurma, a sweet dish prepared by the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan, at a food factory in Hyderabad, India.

Noah Seelam / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 4, 2011

A young girl plays as Indonesian women pray on the fourth day of Ramadan at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta.

Adek Berry / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 3, 2011

A Pakistani man prays to break his fast at sunset during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Karachi.

Fareed Khan / AP

Aug. 3, 2011

A Pakistani family waits to break their fast in the compound of Mughal-era Shahi Mosque in Lahore.

K.M. Chaudary / AP

Aug. 3, 2011

Mohammad bin Mohammad AlSharaabi, 60, a soldier who joined sides with anti-regime protesters to demand that Yemen’s President Ali Abdullah Saleh be removed from power, reads a Koran in his tent at Taghyeer Square, also known as “Change” Square, in Sanaa, Yemen. Demonstrators have staged a sit-in for six months in the square, located near the University of Sanaa, where protests to end Saleh’s 33-year rule began.

Jumana El Heloueh / Reuters

Aug. 3, 2011

A boy peers through a food tent while awaiting a handout meal before Iftar, the evening meal when Muslims celebrating Ramadan break their fast.

Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images

Aug. 3, 2011

A Palestinian man prepares food to be distributed among people breaking their fast in Gaza City.

Bernat Armangue / AP

Aug. 3, 2011

A man gives away free Naan bread to families at Iftar, when Muslims break their fast, on the second day of the holy month of Ramadan in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Daniel Berehulak / Getty Images

Aug. 2, 2011

An Indian Muslim woman breaks her fast at the Jama Masjid Mosque in New Delhi.

Manan Vatsyayana / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 2, 2011

Whirling dervishes perform before an Iftar, the evening meal to break the day’s fast during Ramadan at the historic Galata Mevlevi Temple in Istanbul.

Murad Sezer / Reuters

Aug. 2, 2011

A Nepalese Muslim reads the Koran on the second day of the month-long fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Kathmandu, Nepal. Muslims from around the world abstain from eating, drinking and having sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.

Navesh Chitrakar / Reuters

Aug. 1, 2011

A student walks after prayer during the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Ngruki, a suburb in Indonesia's Central Java province. The Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school, founded by Indonesian cleric Abu Bakar Bashir in 1972, has 231 teachers and houses 1,503 students, both males and females, ages 12 to 18.

Beawiharta / Reuters

Aug. 1, 2011

Indian Muslim women offer the first Taraweeh (special night prayers) at their residence in Hyderabad ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. For Muslims across the world, the beginning of the ninth month in the Muslim lunar calendar marks the start of Ramadan, a time for spiritual reflection, prayers and fasting.

Noah Seelam / AFP/Getty Images

July 31, 2011

Saudi women buy dates on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a market in Riyadh. Throughout the month of Ramadan, devout Muslims must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset — when they break the fast with the Iftar meal. Traditionally, dates are known as the food prophet Mohammad ate when he broke from his fast.

Fayez Nureldine / AFP/Getty Images

July 31, 2011

An Indonesian Muslim watches the moon to mark the first day of Ramadan in Malang, East Java. Like millions of Muslims around the world, Indonesians celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating, drinking and smoking as well as sexual activities from dawn to dusk.

Aman Rochman / AFP/Getty Images

July 31, 2011

Palestinian women stand in front of a window decoration of Islam's crescent moon and a five branches star on the eve of Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Jenin.

Saif Dahlah / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 1, 2011

Indonesian men rest as they wait for a prayer time on the first day of Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta.

Adek Berry / AFP/Getty Images

July 31, 2011

A Saudi boy sits amid boxes of dates for sale on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a market in Riyadh.

Fayez Nureldine / AFP/Getty Images

July 31, 2011

Dates are for sale on the eve of Islam's holy fasting month of Ramadan in the West Bank city of Jericho.

Abbas Momani / AFP/Getty Images

July 31, 2011

A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks to celebrate the beginning of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the town of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip.

Said Khatib / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 1, 2011

On the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, a Tunisian vendor displays dates at a central market in Tunis.

Fethi Belaid / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 1, 2011

A man naps in Tunis’s central market during the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Fethi Belaid / AFP/Getty Images

Aug. 1, 2011

A Palestinian man reads the Koran at the al-Omari mosque in Gaza City on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Mahmud Hams / AFP/Getty Images

July 31, 2011

A Muslim girl falls asleep as others perform Tarawih at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Dita Alangkara / AP

July 31, 2011

Children play next a man praying before Tarawih at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Supri / Reuters

July 31, 2011

Indonesian Muslims pray for their relatives in a cemetery in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Supri / Reuters

July 31, 2011

An Egyptian vendor displays various kinds of dates for sale, an important item for the holy month of Ramadan.

Nasser Nasser / AP

July 31, 2011

An Afghan man makes sweets in a shop in Kabul.

Shah Marai / AFP/Getty Images

July 28, 2011

A Palestinian man decorates his shop with festive lights in Jerusalem.

Ahmad Gharabli / AFP/Getty Images

July 31, 2011

A worker cleans the floor of a Badshahi mosque in preparation for Ramadan in Lahore, Pakistan.

K.M. Chaudary / AP

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