Observing Ramadan around the world

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Muslims perform Tahajjud prayers during the Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Destiny), which marks the night in which the holy Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammed, at the Naif Mosque in Dubai on May 5, 2021.

Karim Sahib
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Cooks employed by the Islamic Charitable Society prepare portions of the daily 'iftar' (fast breaking) meal for Palestinian orphans, in the West Bank city of Hebron, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, on April 28.

Hazem Bader
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Coal miners break fast in a mine on in Zenica, Bosnia on Thursday, April 29. Inside mine shafts, one can't see sunset, but miners consult their watches and smartphones for the right time to break their daily fast together.

Kemal Softic
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A woman wearing a face mask as a precaution against COVID-19 reads the Quran during the first day of Ramadan, at a mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 13.

Tatan Syuflana
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A Shiite Muslim worshipper reads from the Holy Koran at the Grand Mosque of Kufa near the central shrine city of Najaf, Iraq some 160 kilometers south of Iraq's capital on April 26.

Ali Najafi
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Vehicles, motorcycles, and tuk-tuks (motorised rickshaws) drive past a stall selling Ramadan lanterns along a main street in the northern suburb Cairo on at the start of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Khaled Desouki
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Yusuf Omar, coordinator of Chicago's Muslim Community Center, performs the Adhan or call to prayer before an evening prayer called "tarawih" during the first evening of the holy fasting month of Ramadan on April 12.

Shafkat Anowar
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A Palestinian boy waits for a batch of falafel at a vendor in the city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on April 18.

Hazem Bader
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Muslim women attend the sun sets to break their fast, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan along the seaside promenade in Beirut, Lebanon, on April 15.

Hassan Ammar
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Muslim devotees offer prayers after breaking their fast on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, at the Jamia Mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on April 14.

Aamir Qureshi
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Lebanese-American Designer and owner of Eid Creations, Rana Bacaloni poses with the Ramadan and EID decors and gifts she designed in Santa Monica, California.

Valerie Macon
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