For the first time, London’s famous Coventry Street is decorated with Ramadan ornaments, marking the start of the Islamic holy month in the UK.
Bosnian Muslims release hundreds of balloons into the sky to mark the beginning of the month of Ramadan in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Muslims perform the tarawih prayer at the Ar-Rahma Mosque in Kyiv, Ukraine.
A Palestinian sells a traditional sweet called ‘Zalabya’ at Nablus’ old market, in preparation for Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus.
Thousands of people flocked to the Sheikh Zayed grand Mosque for the first tarawih prayer, in Central Java, Indonesia.
Palestinians buy groceries in preparation for Ramadan in Gaza City.
Muslims perform the tarawih prayer in Granada, Spain.
Palestinians arrive at el-Avde Mosque to perform prayers in Rafah, Gaza.
A Saudi woman shops for Ramadan decorations to mark the beginning of the holy month at a market in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
People attend a Ramadan crescent lighting ceremony at a square in Ramallah, West Bank.
Food is displayed for sale in a market in Gaza City. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating and drinking during the period between sunrise and sunset.
Children hold ‘Ramadan lanterns’ in their hands and move around the streets of Mosul, Iraq.
The first eve of Ramadan at the Great Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Islamic religious officials observe the position of the moon ahead of Ramadan at the Galileo Galilei astronomical observatory in Novara, Italy.
Muslims perform the first tarawih prayer in Cairo, Egypt, as Ramadan begins.
The Sheikh Zayed Solo Grand Mosque in Solo City, Indonesia. The country has the world’s largest Muslim population.
A man cleans the Baiturrahman grand mosque ahead the holy month of Ramadan in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
