Pakistani Muslims prepare meals for the evening of the first day of the Muslim Holy month of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan / EPA
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
A man passes a billboard that reads: "Generous Ramadan: every year may you be well," in Hamad Town, Bahrain/AP
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
A man reads the Koran in a mosque in Sanaa, as Muslims prepare for the fasting month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, Yemen/REUTERS
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Chinese Muslims attend a prayer session to mark the start of Ramadan at the Niujie mosque, the oldest and largest mosque in Beijing, China
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Filipino Muslims gesture as they pray during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Golden Mosque in downtown Manila, Philippines / AP
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Devotees perform prayers after breaking fast on the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in Singapore/REUTERS
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Filipino Muslims gesture as they pray during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Golden Mosque in downtown Manila
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
A market in the neighborhood of Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo, Egypt /AP
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Indonesian Muslims prepare to sight the new moon from the top of a mosque, the sign of the start of the Islamic holy month, Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Egyptians shop for traditional lanterns used for the holy month of Ramadan, at a market in the neighborhood of Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo, Egyp / AP
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
A man sells backeries ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Pakistan / REUTERS
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
A man sells backeries ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Pakistan / REUTERS
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
A man sells dates ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadanin Egypt / REUTERS
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Egyptians shop for traditional lanterns used for the holy month of Ramadan, at a market in the neighborhood of Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo, Egypt
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
A woman distributes food on a table as she waits to break fast with other devotees on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Niujie Mosque in Beijing / REUTERS
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
A Muslim woman buys Bubur Lambuk at Kampung Baru in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia / AP
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
People break their fast during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Istanbul, Turkey / AA
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Hundreds of people sit, awaiting for Iftar, the evening meal in which Muslims break their fast at the time of sunset, during the Islamic month of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey / AP
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
A man prepares traditional sweets ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Pakistan / REUTERS
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Iraqi citizens prepare for a communal meal to break their fast during the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Irbil north Iraq / REUTERS
Ramadan pictures from around the world 2014
Syrian refugee family members, who fled their home from Syria, break their fasting outside their tent at a Syrian refugee camp in the eastern town of Marj in Bekaa valley, Lebanon / AP