In pictures: Muslim world observes Lailat-ul-Qadr

Muslims prepare to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr

The world's nearly 1.5 billion Muslims on May 27 began Ramazan, the holy month of dawn-to-dusk fasting and prayers.

The worshippers prayed on Lailat-ul-Qadr – the Night of Power/ Destiney – on the odd nights of the last 10 days of the holy month of Ramazan.

Muslims around the world are preparing to celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr holiday, which marks the end of the fasting month of Ramazan.

The Khalidi mosque in Gaza City as Palestinian Muslim worshippers arrive to pray on the occasion of Lailat ul-Qadr. PHOTO: AFP

This picture through the crenellations of the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the UAE capital Abu Dhabi shows Muslim worshippers praying in the mosque's courtyard on the occasion of Lailat ul-Qadr. PHOTO: AFP

A child joins Muslim worshippers as they gather at the illuminated Grand Faisal Mosque on the 27th night of the Holy month of Ramazan, in Islamabad. PHOTO: AFP

Visitors walking through the courtyard of Abu Dhabi's Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the Emirati capital on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramazan. PHOTO: AFP

People break their fast as they eat sitting in the park at the Blue Mosque square in Istanbul, Turkey. PHOTO: AFP

Jewish settlers guarded by Israeli security forces walk past a Palestinian pickled vegetable and olive vendor's stall as they tour the Palestinian side of the old city market in the occupied West Bank city of Hebron. PHOTO: AFP

A novelty food cart in the form of an old Volkswagen Type 2 "Kombi" microbus along a street in the capital Cairo's southern suburb of Maadi. PHOTO: AFP

Egyptians cook food during the pre-dawn 'suhoor' near a food cart by the name "Liver Fuul" - a play on Arabic name for fava beans and English football club Liverpool FC - in the Ain Shams suburb of northeastern Cairo. PHOTO: AFP

Muslim women browse wrist watches while shopping for Eid-ul-Fitr in a market in Narathiwat. PHOTO: AFP