The month of Ramadan 2017

1. The month of Ramadan

2. A woman prays at a shrine before breaking her fast in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui

3. A college graduate holds flowers and a balloon while attending Iftar outside Trump Tower in Manhattan, New York. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

4. A girl waits for the sun to set as she prepares to break fast in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. REUTERS/Caren Firouz

5. A man reads the Koran at the shrine of Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jeelani, a Sufi saint, in Srinagar. REUTERS/Danish Ismail

6. Muslims pray after offering the first Friday prayers of Ramadan inside Sarkhej Roza mosque in Ahmedabad, India. REUTERS/Amit Dave

7. A Palestinian woman lifts a girl on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

8. Nepalese Muslims wash themselves upon their arrival for prayers in Kathmandu, Nepal. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

9. Palestinians make their way through Israeli Qalandia checkpoint to attend the first Friday prayer of Ramadan in Jerusalem's al-Aqsa mosque, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. REUTERS/Mohamad Torokman

10. Muslim laborers and shop keepers attend Friday prayers on a street next to Tanah Abang Textile Market in Jakarta, Indonesia. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside

11. Free Syrian Army fighters pray before Iftar (breaking fast) in the province of Daraa, Syria. REUTERS/Alaa al-Faqir

12. A Palestinian woman prays on the first Friday of Ramadan on the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

13. A Muslim man offers the first Friday prayers of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

14. Fishermen sit on a fishing boat as they prepare to break their fast in Ibrahim Hyderi, on the outskirts of Karachi, Pakistan. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

15. A Muslim man prays at a mosque in Colombo, Sri Lanka. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte

16. Men arrange food plates for passersby to break their fast in Karachi, Pakistan. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

17. Egyptian American Muslim Hager Elhariry, 24, looks at her smartphone while standing on her patio before Iftar dinner and breaking the fast during Ramadan, in Manalapan, New Jersey. REUTERS/Amr Alfiky

18. People receive food donations in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Parwiz

19. Men sit atop a bus as they prepare to break their fast in Karachi, Pakistan. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

20. A girl rests as women read prayers before they have their iftar (breaking fast) meal at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

21. The Zahran family dines on the Iftar feast, a meal eaten by Muslims after sunset, at their family house in Manhattan, New York. REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar

22. Muslim American woman Emily Miry, 24, takes part in an afternoon prayer on the first day of Ramadan at the Islamic Cultural Center in Manhattan, New York. REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar

23. A Palestinian man reads the Koran in al-Aqsa Mosque, on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

24. Afghan boys read the Koran in a madrasa, or religious school, in Kabul, Afghanistan. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani

25. A man arranges food plates for people to break fast at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

26. People pose for a selfie as they break their fast at the main shopping and pedestrian street of Istiklal in central Istanbul, Turkey. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir

27. A man carries sacks of wheat flour he received from a local charity in Sanaa, Yemen. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

28. Washington Square Arch is seen on the left as Muslim women praying Tarawih prayers are reflected in the window of the Islamic Center at New York University ahead of Ramadan in Manhattan, New York. REUTERS/Gabriela Bhaskar

29. A Palestinian man reads the Koran in al-Aqsa Mosque, on the compound known to Muslims as al-Haram al-Sharif and to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

30. A girls prays while people prepare to break the fast on the first day of Ramadan in a mosque in Bangkok, Thailand. REUTERS/Jorge Silva

31. A boy checking himself in a mirror while shopping for a cap at a stall outside a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

32. A Muslim man performs ablution before offering the evening prayer on the second day of Ramadan at a mosque in Kolkata, India. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri

33. A man reads the Koran in a mosque in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. REUTERS/Faisal Al Nasser

34. People prepare food for breaking fast on the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in Yogyakarta, in Java, Indonesia. Antara Foto/Hendra Nurdiyansyah/via REUTERS

35. An official looks through a telescope for the sighting of the new moon for the start of Ramadan at a religious boarding school in Jakarta, Indonesia. Antara Foto/Rivan Awal Lingga/via REUTERS

36. Muslims perform tarawih prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at a mosque in Singapore. REUTERS/Edgar Su

37. Indonesian Muslims pray for the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. REUTERS/Beawiharta

38. A Muslim devotee tears up as she performs tarawih prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at a mosque in Singapore. REUTERS/Edgar Su

39. Muslims perform tarawih prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at a fully packed mosque in Singapore. REUTERS/Edgar Su

40. Officials from the Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic organization use telescopes for the sighting of the new moon for the start of Ramadan in a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. Antara Foto/Zabur Karuru/via REUTERS

41. Indonesian Muslims pray for the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. REUTERS/Beawiharta