Ramadan around the world in photos: May 2

Images of an Islamic holy month like no other because of the coronavirus outbreak

A Muslim official prays alone inside a closed mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Srinagar. AFP

An imam records his preaching of the Friday prayer to be broadcast on social networks to his community in Abidjan. AFP

A Yemeni reads the Quran at a mosque in Sana'a, Yemen. EPA

A small group of worshippers perform Friday prayers while practicing social distancing in the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

People attend Friday prayers amid a lockdown of the Sindh province in Karachi, Pakistan. EPA

Palestinian men perform the second Friday prayer of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on the street outside of the closed-down Al-Qazazin mosque in the old town of the West Bank city of Hebron. AFP

People leave the Baiturrahman grand mosque after taking part in the second Friday prayers during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. AFP

A Muslim woman wears a mask and gloves in east Jerusalem's Mount of Olives, which remains shut to prevent the spread of coronavirus during the holy month of Ramadan. AP Photo

Mohammad Razvi, in conjunction with the Ramadan holiday, hands out food outside of a Brooklyn mosque and cultural center in New York City, USA. AFP

A Pakistani Muslim boy performs Wudu (ablution) before the Friday prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan amid lockdown of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA

An imam reads the Quran as he holds the Friday prayers alone in the Sinan Pasha Mosque in Prizren, Kosovo. EPA

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