The Ramadan begins on Friday, whereby the observants fast from sunrise to sunset during the holy month. Here you can see how Muslims mark this time, including special prayers, blessings and fasting.
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A child is seen next to the dome of the Al Mabrur Mosque, while Observatory Officers check astronomical calculation instruments on Friday to determine the beginning of the Muslim holy extension of Ramadan in Surabaya, Indonesia. (June Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images)
Many Muslims all over the world watch Ramadan, which begins this year on Friday. It is the holy month in which you do without food, drink and other joys from sunrise to sunset.
Ramadan closes on March 30 with Eid al-Fitr (the Festival of the Breaking of the Fast).
Here you can see how Anbeter marks this holy time, which includes religious reflection, family meetings and good deeds.
A worshiper looks through a theodolite to recognize the new Crescent Moon to determine the beginning of the Ramadan in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Friday. (Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)
A worker cleans a chandelier in a mosque to prepare for Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan on Thursday. (Fareed Khan/The Associated Press)
A worker cleans the Sunehri Mosque to prepare for Ramadan in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday. (Muhammad Sajjad/The Associated Press)
Muslims pray while visiting the grave of their relative in Jakarta, Indonesia on Friday as part of a local tradition before Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)
In front of Ramadan, people shop on Thursday for traditional lanterns in the Shaorja, the largest and oldest market in Central Baghdad. (Ahmad al-Rubaye / AFP / Getty Images)
The Palestinian Loay Gheith is decorating on Thursday in his ceramic factory in the occupied West Bank -city of Hebron in front of Ramadan. (Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images)
Decorative lights are switched on in Central London, England, to celebrate the beginning of Ramadan on Wednesday. (Melosed Children / Reuters)
The Palestinians walk between the ruins of the buildings, in the middle of a ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza Strip on Thursday. (Ramadan Abed/Reuters)
During an evening prayer god for the first evening of Ramadan in the Grand Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta on Friday. (Achmad Ibrahim/The Associated Press)
