Muslims around the world celebrate start of Ramazan

First day of Ramazan around the world in pictures
Multimedia Desk | June 08, 2016

El Mesaharty, Hussien, 40, wakes up residents for their pre-dawn meals during the first day of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt June 6. PHOTO: Reuters

More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world are marking the holy month of Ramazan.

Here are some pictures from around the world from the first day of Ramazan.

Pakistan

A Pakistani vendor prepares snacks used to break the Ramazan fast on the first day of the holy month of Ramazan in Rawalpindi on June 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP


 

Pakistani Muslims perform a special "Taraweeh" evening prayer on a street in Karachi on June 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP


 

Pakistani Muslim devotees prepare to break their fast at a mosque in Lahore on June 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP


 

Kashmiri Muslim devotees sit inside Kashmir's main mosque Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on June 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP


Syria

Syrians walk in Damascus' al-Hamidiyah souk on the second day of the Muslim holy month of Ramazan on June 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP


 

Workers prepare traditional sun dried apricot paste, known as Kamruddin, during the holy month of Ramazan on June 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP


South Africa

Muslim worshippers pray at the Turkish Nizamiye Mosque in Midrand, Johannesburg, on June 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP


Saudi Arabia

Muslims gather around the Kaaba inside the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. PHOTO: REUTERS


Iran


Iranians gather outside Emamzadeh Saleh mosque in Tajrish square in northern Tehran on June 7, 2016. PHOTO AFP


 

Iranians shop at the Tajrish Bazaar in Tehran on June 7, 2016. PHOTO: AFP


India

A boy hangs strands of vermicelli, a specialty eaten during Ramazan, to dry at a factory in Allahabad, India, June 7, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS


Turkey

People break their fasting on June 6, 2016 as they eat sitting on the grass at the Blue Mosque square in Istanbul. PHOTO: AFP/ OZAN KOSE


Tunisia

A man buys vegetables from a vendor on the first day of Ramazan, in a market downtown in Tunis,Tunisia, June 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS


Greece

A migrant prays during the first day of Ramazan at a state-run camp for refugees and migrants in Schisto, near Athens, Greece June 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS


Libya

A boy sells legumes at a market on the first day of Ramazan in Benghazi, Libya June 06, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS


Egypt

A man walks around stalls selling festival lights and Ramazan lanterns, or "fanoos Ramazan", at Sayida Zienab district market in old Cairo, Egypt June 6, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS


Lebanon

A Lebanese Muslim woman shops prior to Iftar, or breaking of the daylong fast, in old market in the ancient coastal city of Tripoli, north of Beirut, on June 6, 2016. PHOTO: AFP


Palestine

Palestinians shop in a market ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramazan in the West Bank city of Nablus June 5, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS


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