PHOTO COLLECTION: Ramadan Around the World

Shiite worshippers place copies of the Quran on their heads during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Imam Abbas in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Shiite Muslim pilgrims visit the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Palestinians perform Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinian Muslim women pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power and marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power and marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Sunni women read the Quran during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy Sunni shrine of Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Muslim devotees pray as the head priest displays a holy relic believed to be a hair from the beard of the Prophet Muhammad during special prayers to observe the martyr day of Hazrat Ali, the fourth caliph of Islam, at Hazratbal shrine in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Saturday, March 22, 2025 (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

A group of sheikhs call for the prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus, Syria, Friday March 7, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Syrians look for sweets to buy during Ramadan, the holy month for Muslims, in Damascus, Syria, Saturday, March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Omar Sanadiki)

Shiite Muslim pilgrims visit the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A Muslim reads verses of the Quran as he observes “Itikaf,” that requires staying in seclusion in a mosque spending most time in prayer and reading the Quran during the last 10 days of the Islamic fasting on month of Ramadan, at the historical Mahabat Khan Mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Palestinian Muslim worshippers pray during Laylat Al Qadr, also known as the Night of Power and marked on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in front of the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Volunteer paramedics help elderly Palestinian women while they try to crosses from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Shiites break their fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Shiite worshippers place copies of the Quran on their heads during Laylat al-Qadr, or the Night of Destiny, in the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Wednesday, March 19, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

Muslims offer third Friday prayer during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Muslims take a selfie as they wait for the time to break their Ramadan fast at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Palestinians take cover from the rain while they wait to cross from the Israeli military Qalandia checkpoint near the West Bank city of Ramallah to Jerusalem, to participate in the Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Friday, March 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

A dervish spins during a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Dervishes spin during a religious performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at Sultan Qansuh al-Ghuri complex in Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Abbas during the holy month of Ramadan in Karbala, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier joins fasting Muslims at an Iftar dinner at the Wilmersdorf mosque, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Berlin, Germany, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

A Sikh volunteer distributes food plates among people for breaking their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a free meal point, in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary)

People buy pickles as they prepare for breakfast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Less privileged men wait to collect Ramadan cooked jollof rice and chicken in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

A dancer performs a Nubian dance to attract customers to enter a restaurant for a “Suhur” meal, before they start their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at El-Gamaliyya district in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Naheemah Ishola, founder of Meebelle Kitchen, right, distributes Ramadan cooked jollof rice and chicken to the less privileged women in Lagos, Nigeria, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)

Bakr Qusay, a 35-year-old “mesaharati” or dawn caller wakes people up for a meal before sunrise, during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the poor neighborhood of Fadhil district in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

A dancer holds a baby as he performs during Ramadan festival at the historical castle of Sidon, south of Lebanon, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

Shopkeepers break their fast during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a shop in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/K.M Chaudary)

A Muslim worshipper prays during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Palestinians pray during the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Imam Shafi’i Mosque, damaged by Israeli army strikes, in the Zeitoun neighborhood in Gaza City, Friday March 7, 2025.(AP Photo/(AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Muslim worshippers perform Friday prayers at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Muslim men perform during the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A Muslim recites the Quran during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by tents and the rubble of destroyed buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, Thursday March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Palestinians take part in the tarawih prayer ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

A man recites passages of the Quran during the holy month of Ramadan in the historic Grand Mosque in Sanaa, Yemen, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Osamah Abdulrahman)

Devout Muslims break their fast at sundown on the first day of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in New Delhi,India, Sunday, March, 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

A worshipper prays during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at the shrine of Shiite Saint Abdulazim, in Shahr-e-Ray, south of Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Shiites read the Quran at the holy shrine of Imam Ali during the holy month of Ramadan in the Imam Ali shrine in Najaf, Iraq, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)

A student reads the Quran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Daarut Tarqiyah Primago Islamic Boarding School in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A half-moon sets behind the Sultanahmet Mosque during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

Volunteers at the Yasser Arafat Charity Kitchen in Tulkarem, West Bank, prepare an iftar meal for displaced Palestinians trying to mark the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)

People buy traditional snacks and other food for breaking their fast at a stall during the Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

People shop for food to break their fast on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)

Worshippers perform a night prayer called ‘Tarawih’ during the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Turkey, at the Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

A Muslim recites from the holy book Quran during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, March 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

A volunteer prepares food plates to be distributed among people for breaking their fast at a free meal distribution point during the Muslim’s holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Residents gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, organized by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), on the first day of Ramadan in the Jobar neighborhood, which was devastated by the Syrian war, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

A couple walk past decoration for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan displayed in front of the Clock Tower of the Old City of Jaffa, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

A Nepalese Muslim offers prayer at the Jame Mosque on the holy month of Ramadan in Kathmandu, Nepal, Monday, March 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

A Muslim worshipper prays on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at Yeni mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Fatima Al-Absi, left, shares Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, with her daughter and grandchildren on the first day of Ramadan in their damaged apartment in Jabaliya, northern Gaza Strip, on Saturday, March 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Festive lights are strung between destroyed Palestinian homes for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

A table is prepared for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, organized by the Turkish Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH), on the first day of Ramadan in the Jobar neighborhood, which was devastated by the Syrian war, in Damascus, Syria, on Saturday, March 1, 2025.(AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for iftar, the fast-breaking meal, on the first day of Ramadan in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 1, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians hang decorations next to their destroyed homes in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan in Khan Younis, southern Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Students read the Quran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Daarut Tarqiyah Primago Islamic Boarding School in Depok on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

Indonesian Muslims pray an evening prayer called ‘tarawih’ to mark the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Indonesian muslims pray an evening prayer called ‘tarawih’ to mark the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

A Muslim worshipper uses a telescope to look for the crescent moon at the Dome of the Rock Mosque in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound ahead of the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025, in Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Palestinians take part in Friday prayers in the ruins of the Omari Mosque that was partially destroyed by Israeli bombardment, ahead of the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Gaza City, Gaza Strip, Friday, Feb. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli soldiers check a Palestinian man’s ID at a checkpoint in the West Bank city of Bethlehem, on his way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

A Muslim worshipper prays during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Muslim men rest after the first Friday prayer of the fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A boy plays with a firecracker after Iftar, the meal that breaks the fast during Ramadan, in Gaza City, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Palestinians sit at a large table surrounded by the rubble of destroyed homes and buildings as they gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in Gaza City, Thursday March 6, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli Border Police stand guard at the Damascus Gate to the Old City of Jerusalem as worshippers make their way to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound for the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Women pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Dervishes ululate at the sound of drums during a Sufi Muslim ceremony of al-Talia al-Kestezania to commemorate in the month of Ramadan in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

Kashmiri Muslims offer prayers during the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan outside the Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

Kashmiri Muslims pray, as a boy plays on the back of his father, during the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan outside the Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A woman prays at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during the first Friday Prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the Old City of Jerusalem, Friday, March 7, 2025. Arabic on top right reads: “Pray for the Prophet.” (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Kashmiri Muslims wash themselves at a fountain in the compound of Jamia Masjid or grand mosque during the first Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)

A police officer stands guard as Muslims attend first Friday prayers during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the outer area of a mosque, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad)

Muslim worshippers leave Friday prayers during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Amr ibn al-Aas Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Palestinian women take a photo next to the the Dome of the Rock shrine at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the Old City of Jerusalem, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Traditional sweets are served at the tables as residents prepare for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, during Ramadan in the war-devastated Beit Lahia, northern Gaza Strip, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Widows and mothers of war victims gather for Iftar, the fast-breaking meal, organized by local NGOs in the devastated Jobar neighborhood of Damascus, Syria, Friday, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Residents of Ezbet Hamada in Cairo’s El Matareya district peer from their balconies to celebrate a mass break-fast, “Iftar”, the meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Residents of Ezbet Hamada in Cairo’s El Matareya district break their fast during a mass breakfast, “Iftar”, the meal to end their fast at sunset, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)

Women have their Iftar, the Ramadan fast-breaking meal, organised by the local community in a poor neighborhood in Istanbul, Saturday March 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)