The holy month of Ramadan

People leave after offering prayers on the first day of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan at
Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India, April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

Hajja Dalal, a 46-year-old Mesaharati, beats a drum to wake up Muslims to have the pre-dawn
meal before they start their long-day fast during Ramadan at Maadi neighbourhood in Cairo,
Egypt April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Hayam Adel

People read the Koran during Ramadan at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan April 14, 2021.
REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

People offer prayers on the first day of Ramadan in Srinagar April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Danish
Ismail

A worker sprays disinfectant to sanitize a mosque ahead of Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan April
13, 2021. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

People pray before Iftar (breaking fast) during Ramadan at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan April
14, 2021. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

A man holding his palms together praying before Iftar (breaking fast) during the fasting month of
Ramadan at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz

People offer prayers on the first day of Ramadan in Srinagar April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Danish
Ismail

Officials from the office of the President General of the two Holy Mosque Affairs clean and scent
the Kabaa in the Grand Mosque, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, April 14, 2021. Saudi
Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

People shop at a souk in Beirut, Lebanon April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Issam Abdallah

People gather to have their Iftar (breaking fast) meals during of Ramadan at a mosque in Karachi,
Pakistan April 14, 2021. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

Children sit near a mosque as they wait to break the fast during Ramadan in Palu, Central
Sulawesi Province, Indonesia, April 13, 2021. Antara Foto/Mohamad Hamzah/via REUTERS

Muslim women pray on the first day of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia April 13, 2021.
REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

Muslim men practice social distancing as they pray ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan
in Tegal, Central Java Province, Indonesia April 12, 2021. Antara Foto/Oky Lukmansyah/via
REUTERS

A Muslim faithful looks on during the first day of Ramadan, at the Al-Habibiyyah mosque in
Abuja, Nigeria, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Muslims eat their Iftar (breaking fast) meals in front of the Ottoman-era Sultanahmet mosque,
also known as the Blue Mosque, on the first day of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey April 13, 2021.
REUTERS/Umit Bektas

A muslim man washes his feet before prayers on the first day of Ramadan fast at Al-Habibiyyah
mosque in Abuja. April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Men look through binoculars to view the moon ahead of Ramadan in the holy city of Najaf, Iraq,
April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

Muslim men practicing social distancing pray ahead of Ramadan as mosques reopen in Ciamis,
West Java Province, Indonesia April 12, 2021. Antara Foto/Adeng Bustomi/via REUTERS

Muslim women wearing protective face masks pray on the first day of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysia April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

Muslims perform evening Tarawih prayers inside Al-Azhar Mosque during Ramadan in the old
Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Muslim faithful queue during the first day of Ramadan fast, outside Al-Habibiyyah mosque in
Abuja, Nigeria, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

A Filipino Muslim man takes a nap after attending prayers on the first day of Ramadan at Golden
Mosque in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Children eat during the first day of Ramadan, at the Al-Habibiyyah mosque in Abuja, Nigeria,
April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Afolabi Sotunde

Filipino Muslim men attend prayers on the first day of Ramadan at Golden Mosque in Quiapo,
Manila, Philippines, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

Filipino Muslims scramble to get free Iftar meals to break the fast on the first day of Ramadan
outside the Golden Mosque in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

People pray ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Palangkaraya, Central Kalimantan
Province, Indonesia April 12, 2021. Makna Zaezar/Antara Foto via REUTERS

Muslim practicing social distancing pray on the first day of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Lim Huey Teng

People pray ahead of Ramadan as mosques reopen in Banda Aceh, Aceh Province, Indonesia
April 12, 2021. Irwansyah Putra/Antara Foto via REUTERS

Muslims pray as they await the sighting of the moon that marks the start of Ramadan on the Sea
Point promenade in Cape Town, South Africa, April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

Muslims perform evening Tarawih prayers inside Al-Azhar Mosque during Ramadan in the old
Islamic area of Cairo, Egypt, April 13, 2021. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

A Muslim attends Ramadan Tarawih prayers at Sultan Mosque in Singapore, April 13, 2021.
 REUTERS/Edgar Su

Muslims keeping social distance as they attend Ramadan Tarawih prayers at Sultan Mosque in
Singapore, April 13, 2021.  REUTERS/Edgar Su

A Palestinian astronomical observer looks through a telescope to view the moon ahead of
Ramadan in Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma

Women take a selfie next to a crescent, ahead of Ramadan, in Najaf, Iraq, April 12, 2021.
REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani

A man carries a tray with sweets ahead of Ramadan, in Damascus, Syria, April 11, 2021.
REUTERS/Yamam al Shaar

Muslims gather as they await the sighting of the moon that marks the start of Ramadan on the
Sea Point promenade in Cape Town, South Africa, April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Hutchings

A member of the moon sighting committee looks through a telescope to view the moon ahead
of Ramadan near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, April 12, 2021. REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri

A man sets lights for decoration in an alley in Jerusalem's Old City as part of the preparation for
Ramadan, April 11, 2021. REUTERS/ Ammar Awad