Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, began recently with the sighting of the crescent moon in Saudi Arabia. The holy month is a time of fasting, prayer and festivities.
Light the way: Palestinians raise Ramadan lanterns in Rafah on the border with Egypt, where over a million people displaced by Israel’s war in Gaza have been corralled amid the Israeli Defence Force’s escalating attacks on the city and the region. Photo: Belal Khaled/Anadolu via Getty Images
A young man prays inside the Lagos Central Mosque in Nigeria. Photo: Benson Ibeabuchi/AFP
A Senegalese man cleans the floor at the Massalikoul Djinane Mosque in Dakar, in preparation for Ramadan. Photo: John Wessels/AFP
Sacred hues: Devotees offer night prayers at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta. Photo: Adek Berry/AFP
Srinigar salah: Devotees offer prayers outside a mosque in the Indiaadministered territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Photo: Tauseef Mustafa/AFP
Out of the ashes: A Palestinian family break their fast amid the rubble of their house, destroyed by Israeli strikes on Deir al-Balah in Gaza, on the first Iftar of Ramadan. Photo: Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images
Lunar vista: Muslims gather at Cape Town’s Sea Point as the crescent moon heralds the arrival of Ramadan. Photo: Usame Yildiz/Anadolu via Getty Images
