In pictures: Ramazan 2019

Muslims across the globe prepare for Ramazan
Reuters/afp May 06, 2019

Children play as Muslim people pray on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal Grand Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. PHOTO: AFP

Muslims across the world are preparing for Islam's holy month of Ramadan, which is calculated on the sighting of the new moon, and during which they fast from dawn until dusk.

Muslim people pray on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal Grand Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. PHOTO: AFP


An Iraqi man prepares sweets, ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in a sweet shop in Najaf, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS


An Indonesian observatory officer checks a telescope before looking for the moon to mark the start of Islam's holy month of Ramadan, at Lhoknga beach in Aceh province. PHOTO: AFP


Muslim people pray on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan at a mosque in Surabaya, Indonesia. PHOTO: AFP


People shop ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a wholesale market in Najaf, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS


Dates are being sold at a market, ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt. PHOTO: REUTERS



Muslims buy dates at a market in preparation for the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP


A man bargains with a dates seller at the Bahrain Central Market, ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Manama, Bahrain. PHOTO: REUTERS


Iraqi Shia Muslims visit holy places, ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Najaf, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS


People shop ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a wholesale market in Najaf, Iraq. PHOTO: REUTERS


A muslim man prays during a noon prayer before the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS


Muslim women chat outside a mosque before the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. PHOTO: REUTERS


 
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