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This year, Ramadan – the Muslim month of fasting and prayer – ended on April 21st with the celebration of Eid al-Fitr, also known as Bayram, the fasting and abstinence festival. This is an important holiday for Muslims. For the past month, Muslims around the world have refrained from eating, drinking, and smoking to focus on spiritual reflection, prayer, and charity.
Here are some photos of Muslims around the world celebrating Ramadan this year:
A woman prays during a gathering for the Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Destiny) prayer ceremony, one of the holiest nights of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, outside the Imamzadeh Saleh mosque in Tehran, Iran.
Maghrib prayer at sunset at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Children carrying Ramadan lanterns in the Old City of Mosul, Iraq.
Muslims pray around the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in Islam, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.
Food is distributed to Iftar on the fourth day of Ramadan in Freetown, Sierra Leone. The food, purchased with donations, will be distributed to nearly 500 people at the Jamiatul Haque Mosque.
People gathered at the Imam Ali Shrine to commemorate the 1,362nd anniversary of the death of Imam Ali ibn Abi Talib, cousin of the Prophet Muhammad, on Laylat al-Qadr (Night of Power), in Najaf, Iraq.
Women wait to receive bags of free flour at a government distribution point in Peshawar, Pakistan, following an announcement by Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif that free flour would be provided to those in need during Ramadan.
Egyptians gathered for a common iftar at Ezbet Hamada, in Matariya.
Indian Muslims gather to celebrate Iftar at the historic Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi, India.
Muslims pray at the Suleymaniye Mosque in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Food prepared by the Chishty Saaberie Association for those in need is distributed daily during the month of Ramadan in the Lenesia suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
Vendors prepare food at the Ramadan Night cultural and food festival in Lakemba, Sydney, Australia.
Local residents affected by the February 6 earthquake attend a quick Iftar dinner in the town of Atareb, in the rebel-controlled western countryside of Aleppo province, Syria.
Volunteers prepare Iftar food for Muslim worshippers at the Data Darbar mosque in Lahore, Pakistan.
Palestinian man Walid al-Hattab distributes soup from a large pot to impoverished young men for breakfast on the second day of Ramadan in Gaza City.
London's famous Coventry Street is decorated with ornaments during Ramadan, marking the beginning of the Muslim holy month, in the United Kingdom.
A man watches members of a Malaysian Islamic religious group as they perform "Rukyah Hilal Ramadan," the ritual of seeing the new moon to mark the beginning of the Ramadan fasting month, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Source: The Atlantic
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