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Ramadan 2012 around the world The ninth — and holiest — month of the Islamic calendar, when Muslims around the globe refrain from eating and drinking during the day, began July 20.
Aug. 20, 2012
Muslims offer prayers on the occasion of Eid-al-Fitr at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi. Eid-al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar.
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Aug. 20, 2012
An Afghan refugee in Islamabad, Pakistan, poses with a plastic rifle as he and other children celebrate Eid al-Fitrl, which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. Ramadan is the Muslim calendar's ninth and holiest month during which followers are required to abstain from food and drink from dawn to dusk.
Muhammed Muheisen
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Aug. 20, 2012
Girls out the outskirts of Islamabad play on swings on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr festival, marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan.
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Aug. 19, 2012
Women pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr in the Olympic Village neighborhood in western Tehran. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan.
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Aug. 19, 2012
Muslim boys play atop a marble stand at Jama Masjid in New Delhi after breaking their fast on the last day of the holy month of Ramadan before the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Kevin Frayer
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AP
Aug. 19, 2012
A Palestinian boy gives water to his donkey at an entertainment park in East Jerusalem on the first day of Eid-al-Fitr.
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Aug. 19, 2012
A Palestinian youth slips through an opening in Jerusalem's Old City wall after prayer on the first day of Eid al-Fitr.
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Aug. 19, 2012
A girl carrying balloons with the colors of the revolutionary Syrian flag plays among women during Eid al-Fitr prayer in front of the Syrian Embassy in Amman, Jordan.
Mohammad Hannon
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AP
Aug. 18, 2012
A girl gets her hands painted with henna in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday in Karachi, Pakistan.
Fareed Khan
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AP
Aug. 19, 2012
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad performs Eid al-Fitr prayers in the Hamad Mosque in Damascus. Assad prayed early on Sunday at the start of Eid al-Fitr. The last time he appeared in public was on July 4, when he gave a speech in parliament.
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Aug. 19, 2012
The sun rises as Muslims pray on the first day of Eid al-Fitr outside the Amr Ibn al-Ass mosque in Cairo.
Mohammed Hossam
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Aug. 19, 2012
A young Syrian refugee at Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, plays with a toy suction dart gun, one of the gifts he received from charities, on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday.
Mohammad Hannon
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AP
Aug. 16, 2012
Thousands of Bangladeshis cram onto ferries at Sadarghat ferry terminal on the outskirts of Dhaka. They were rushing home to be with their families in remote villages for Eid al-Fitr.
Munir Uz Zaman
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Aug. 16, 2012
A boy has his hand pushed away as he tries to take donated food from a volunteer before breaking the Ramadan fast at the shrine of Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin in New Delhi.
Kevin Frayer
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AP
Aug. 16, 2012
Muslims pray during a service for Lailat al-Qader, also known as the Night of Power, the 27th night of the holy month of Ramadan, at Kashmir's 600-year-old grand mosque, Jamia Masjid, in downtown Srinagar. Lailat al-Qader commemorates the night, according to tradition, when the Muslim holy book, the Koran, was revealed to the prophet Muhammad through the angel Gabriel.
Tauseef Mustafa
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Aug. 16, 2012
Women select jewelry before buying it from a vendor in Srinagar, Kashmir, ahead of the Eid-al-Fitr festival. After a month of fasting, Muslims around the world will celebrate the end of Ramadan with feasting and gift-giving.
Fayaz Kabli
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Reuters
Aug. 15, 2012
A Muslim worshiper kisses a vessel wrapped in cloth containing hairs believed to belong to the prophet Muhammad at the Hanbali mosque in the northern Palestinian city of Nablus. According to local Muslim tradition, the flask containing the hairs is brought out annually on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Jaafar Ashtiyeh
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Aug. 15, 2012
Pakistani workers attend Zuhr prayers, or noon prayers, on a street median on the outskirts of Islamabad.
Muhammed Muheisen
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AP
Aug. 15, 2012
Indonesians scramble to board a train as they leave for their home towns at Senen train station in Jakarta.
Dita Alangkara
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AP
Aug. 15, 2012
A woman checks prices outside a shop in Cairo.
Amr Nabil
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AP
Aug. 15, 2012
Egyptians crowd a popular market in Cairo.
Amr Nabil
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AP
Aug. 14, 2012
A Bosnian Muslim woman reads a Koran and prays in the Begova Mosque during the 27th night of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.
Sulejman Omerbasic
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AP
Aug. 13, 2012
Workers sew prayer caps in a factory in old Dhaka, Bangladesh.
Andrew Biraj
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Aug. 9, 2012
A man arranges vermicelli, a specialty eaten during Ramadan, on stands to dry, at a factory in Lahore, Pakistan.
Mohsin Raza
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Reuters
Aug. 3, 2012
Muslims offer prayers on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan at Moti Mosque in Bhopal, India.
Rajeev Gupta
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AP
Aug. 3, 2012
Pakistani Muslims pray during the second Friday of Ramadan at the Data Darbar mosque in Lahore.
Arif Ali
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Aug. 2, 2012
An Indonesian worker welds a large metal plant box in preparation for Islam's holy month of Ramadan and Eid-al-Fitr celebrations in Jakarta.
Romeo Gacad
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Aug. 1, 2012
An Iranian cleric recites verses of the Koran at the shrine of Saint Muhammad Hilal ibn Ali, in the city of Aran and Bidgol, about 140 miles south of Tehran.
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AP
July 25, 2012
A Pakistani man distributes bread to people as they prepare to eat in Quetta. Muslims in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as iftar.
Banaras Khan
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July 24, 2012
Palestinian Muslim women perform the Tarawih evening prayer in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem during the fasting month of Ramadan.
Ahmad Gharabli
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July 24, 2012
An Indonesian woman cleans a water-soaked Koran outside a damaged mosque after a flash flood in Padang, the capital of West Sumatra province.
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July 22, 2012
Afghan men prepare cookies in a traditional factory in Mazar-e Sharif during the month of Ramadan.
Qais Usyan
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July 21, 2012
A Muslim stands in front of the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) as he and other worshipers leave after the breaking of the fast and prayers during Ramadan in New Delhi.
Kevin Frayer
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AP
July 21, 2012
A Pakistani Muslim distributes juice to children after they break their fast at a park in Lahore.
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July 20, 2012
Muslims attend a mass prayer session, known as "Tarawih," marking the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in a mosque in Makassar of Indonesia's South Sulawesi province.
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July 20, 2012
Muslims leave a mosque after attending a mass prayer session, or "Tarawih," marking the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Makassar of Indonesia's South Sulawesi province.
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July 20, 2012
Worshipers offer their Friday prayers during the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan before the opening ceremony of Mimar Sinan mosque in Istanbul.
Osman Orsal
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Reuters
July 20, 2012
A Palestinian reads from the Koran during the dawn prayer on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin. Muslims from Morocco to Afghanistan were steeling themselves for the toughest Ramadan in more than three decades with no food or drink, not even a sip of water, for 14 hours a day during the hottest time of the year.
Mohammed Ballas
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AP
July 19, 2012
A Jordanian man looks at decorations for Ramadan in Amman. Religious authorities in Jordan declared that Friday will be the start of the holy month of Ramadan, a period devoted to dawn-to-dusk fasting, prayers and spiritual introspection. Ramadan begins around 11 days earlier each year. Its start is calculated based on the sighting of the new moon, which marks the beginning of the Muslim lunar month that varies between 29 or 30 days.
Mohammad Hannon
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