Photos: Ramzan celebrations begin across the world
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Indonesian Muslims pray during the start of the holy month of Ramadan at the Al Akbar mosque in Surabaya. More than 1.5 billion Muslims around the world will mark the month, during which believers abstain from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn until sunset. (Juni Kriswanto/AFP)
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Officials from the Nahdlatul Ulama Islamic organisation use telescopes for the sighting of the new moon for the start of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in a mosque in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia. (REUTERS)
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An Indian worker dries vermicelli, a traditional sweet dish, at a factory in Allahabad. (Sanjay Kanojia/AFP)
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A man prepares traditional sweets, in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. (Safin Hamed/AFP)
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A man prepares to pack traditional sweets, in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq. (Safin Hamed/AFP)
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A Palestinian man reads a copy of the Koran, Islam's holiest book, at the al-Omari mosque in Gaza City. (AFP)
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Palestinian children read copies of the Koran, at the al-Omari mosque in Gaza City. (AFP)
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A man reads the Koran in Ottoman-era Sultanahmet Mosque, also known as the Blue Mosque, in Istanbul, Turkey. (Suhaib Salem/REUTERS)
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A boy prepares cookies at a small traditional factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Mohammad Ismail/REUTERS)
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A man prepares special sweets at a small traditional factory in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Mohammad Ismail/REUTERS)
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A man arranges sweets to be sold ahead of Ramadan in the rebel-held besieged city of Douma, in the eastern Damascus suburb of Ghouta, Syria. (Bassam Khabieh/REUTERS)
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Workers decorate the seaside yard of a coffee at the main beach road, in Gaza City. (Adel Hana/AP)
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Muslim women perform an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. (Tatan Syuflana/AP)
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A Pakistani Muslim tries on a prayer cap at a roadside stall in Karachi. (Asif Hassan/AFP)
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Muslims wait to perform ‘Tarawih’ prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at a mosque in Singapore. (Edgar Su/REUTERS)
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