Muslims around the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan, with worship, charity, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts.
Students perform a prayer during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic Boarding School in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. A Muslim worshipper reads the Quran, Islam’s holiest book, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
In Rafah in southern Gaza, Palestinians buy food for a pre-dawn meal. Ramadan this year comes as the Middle East remains inflamed by the ongoing Israel-Hamas war in Gaza, and many in the enclave are going hungry. Even where food is available, there is little beyond canned goods, and prices are high. Muslims perform a special prayer called 'Tarawih' at Data Darbar mosque on the start of Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 11, 2024.
Muslim worshippers perform “tarawih,” an extra lengthy prayer held during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, March 10, 2024. Volunteer arrange food plates to be distributed among people for breaking their fast during the Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Lahore, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 12, 2024.
Muslims offer prayer inside a Mosque on the first day of Ramadan, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, March 12, 2024. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan, when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk, began at sunrise Tuesday in much of Asia.
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