Ramadan around the world

A man reads the Koran at a mosque in the West Bank city of Ramallah during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan where Muslims around the world fast from dawn until dusk. (AFP)
A child reacts after receiving food distributed on the occasion of Ramadan at a refugee camp, at a refugee camp. Muslims across the world refrain from eating, drinking and smoking from dawn to dusk during Ramadan. (AP)
Turkish people wait in line for free food given by the Fatih district municipality in front of a tent pitched up for people for the evening meal to break the fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in Eminonu, downtown Istanbul. During the holy month of Ramadan, Muslims the world over abstain from eating and drinking from dawn til dusk. (AFP)
A whirling dervish performs during a Ramadan festival organized by the Fatih municipality in Eminonu, downtown Istanbul. Muslims all over the world are supposed to go without food, drink, smoking and sex from sunrise to sunset during the month of Ramadan in order to purify themselves and concentrate their mind on Islamic teachings. (AFP)
Muslim women attend a mass prayer session "Tarawih" during the holy fasting month of Ramadan at a mosque in Cairo. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. (REUTERS)
A man sells traditional bread as time to break the Fast approaches, during the Islamic Fasting month of Ramadan in Multan Pakistan. Muslims all over the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan which prohibits food, drinks, smoke and sex from dawn to dusk. (EPA)
Iraqi sweet shop workers are seen at a sweet shop in Baghdad, Iraq. Sweets are in high demands during the Muslim holly month of Ramadan. Ramadan is one month during which Muslims around the world fast all day from sunrise to sunset. (EPA)
People buy goods at a market decorated for the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, Gaza Strip. Muslims throughout the world are celebrating the holy fasting month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, refraining from eating, drinking, and smoking from dawn to dusk. (EPA)