Here’s how Ramzan is being observed across the globe
Students read the Quran during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramzan at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic Boarding School in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. Muslims around the world are observing Ramzan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, where they refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sex from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara, File)Pakistani Muslims wait to break their fast on the first day of the holy month of Ramzan, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating Ramzan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)Pakistani Muslims pray to break their fast in a mosque on the first day of the holy month of Ramzan, in Karachi, Pakistan. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating Ramzan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)Syrian refugees Mohamd Dahhan, left, his 3-year-old son Adam, wife Razan Suliman, and father in law Jamal Suliman, right, break their fast at the oldest mosque in Latin America during the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramzan, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, (AP Photo/Andre Penner)A Rohingya Muslim man offers prayers at a refugee camp in Kathmandu, Nepal. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramzan, where they abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)A Rohingya Muslim man holds his child before the start of Friday prayers at a refugee camp in Kathmandu, Nepal. Muslims across the world are observing the holy fasting month of Ramzan, where they abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)Bangladeshi Muslims offer prayers on the first Friday of Ramzan in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramzan. (AP Photo/A.M. Ahad)Pakistani Muslims offer prayers on the first Friday of Ramzan in Peshawar, Pakistan. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramzan. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)A Kashmiri child watches as men pray on the first Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramzan inside Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque, in Srinagar, Indian Controlled Kashmir. Islam’s holiest month is a period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)Indian Muslims pray during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramzan at Chota Imambara in Lucknow, India. Islam’s holiest month is a period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Indian Muslims gather during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramzan at Chota Imambara in Lucknow, India. Islam’s holiest month is a period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)Dubai police officers fire a howitzer to mark sunset and the end of a day of fasting during Ramzan in front of the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Muslims across the world are marking the holy fasting month of Ramzan, which sees believers forego food and water during daylight hours. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)People pray prior to breaking their Ramzan fast at Clifton Beach in Karachi, Pakistan. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating Ramzan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)Afghan boys reads from the Quran during the Muslim holy month of Ramzan at a mosque in Kabul, Afghanistan. Ramzan is marked by daily fasting from dawn to sunset. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)A man prays in the El Atik mosque in Algiers. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating Ramzan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Toufik Doudou)
