Muslims around the world celebrate start of Ramazan

First day of Ramazan around the world in pictures

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