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.



A man touches an ornament engraved with the verses of Quran in Srinagar. PHOTO: REUTERS

 



A man prays at a mosque in Lahore. PHOTO: EUROPEAN PRESS PHOTO AGENCY

 



People pray at Wazir Khan mosque in Lahore. PHOTO: AFP

 



People pray at the Pattani Central Mosque in Thailand. PHOTO: AFP

 



People pray at Wazir Khan mosque in Lahore. PHOTO: AFP



A Palestinian woman prays in front of the Dome of the Rock.  PHOTO: REUTERS

 



People pray on a street in Karachi. PHOTO: AFP

 



People attend Friday prayers in the courtyard of a housing estate next to the small BBC community centre and mosque (R) in east London, Britain. PHOTO: REUTERS

 



A volunteer carries food trays for others before breaking fast at Memon Mosque in Karachi. PHOTO: REUTERS

 



Labourers sit on push carts while breaking fast along a road in Karachi. PHOTO: REUTERS

 



People eat their Iftar at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi. PHOTO: REUTERS

 



Turkish people break their fasting on June 18, 2015 next to the Hagia Sofia square in Istanbul during the first day of the holy month of Ramazan. PHOTO: AFP

 



Bangladeshi street vendors prepare Iftar food for breaking the daytime fast on the first day of Ramazan. PHOTO: AFP

 



Devotees ready to break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan on June 19, 2015 in the Omani capital Muscat. PHOTO: AFP

 



A photo taken on June 19, 2015 shows the Turkish Nizamiye Masjid Mosque in Midrand, Johannesburg. PHOTO: AFP

 



Thousands of Turkish people break their fasting on June 18, 2015 at the Blue Mosque square in Istanbul, during the first day of the holy month of Ramazan. PHOTO: AFP

 



Kashmiri children run after offering prayers during the first day of the holy month of Ramadan at the Shah-i-Hamdaan shrine in downtown Srinagar on June 19, 2015. PHOTO: AFP