Ramadan around the world in photos: May 20

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

Muslims pray in a mosque during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast. EPA

A customer examines fruit for sale in a street-market as families shop for the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Mogadishu, Somalia. AP

A general view of the Gazi Husrev Bay's Mosque in Sarajevo on the 27th night of Ramadan, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. EPA

A man reads the Koran, seen from a window of his house decorated with a traditional Ramadan lantern called "fanous", on the Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, the holiest night for Muslims, during a night-time curfew amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Cairo, Egypt. REUTERS

Muslim women wearing face masks amid concern over the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus receive food aid donated by the Southern Peace Media Club in the southern Thai province of Narathiwat, ahead of Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. AFP

Volunteers at Springreens Community Cafe prepare free Iftar meals for fasting Muslims celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, in Atlanta, Georgia, USA. EPA

Muslims pray during the Laylat al-Qadr, or Night of Power, the holiest night for Muslims, while practicing social distancing, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), during the fasting month of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. REUTERS

A boy performs Laylat al-Qadr (Arabic for Night of Destiny) prayer inside Al Azhar mosque in Egypt, Cairo. EPA

Muslim worshippers take part in evening prayers on Laylat al-Qadr during the holy fasting month of Ramadan outside the compound known as al-Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem's Old City due to restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Jerusalem. REUTERS

Members of the Ashour family gather in prayer at a family home, due to closure of mosques during the coronavirus pandemic, in the flashpoint city of Hebron in the occupied West Bank to mark Lailat al-Qadr, a night in the holy month of Ramadan during which the Koran was first revealed to the Prophet Mohammed in the seventh century. AFP

A woman goes for shopping ahead of Eid al-Fitr in Herat, Pakistan. EPA/JALIL REZAYEE

Palestinians gather to break their fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Mount of Olives with a backdrop of the Old City of Jerusalem and the closed al-Aqsa Mosque compound, during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis. AFP

Volunteers distribute food among people gather to break their fast at sunset during the Muslims fasting month of Ramadan after the government relaxed a weeks-long lockdown that was enforced to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in Islamabad, Pakistan. AP Photo

Palestinian family members prepare to smoke mackerel on the roof of their house in preparation for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr holiday which marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, in the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. AFP

Syrians buy Arabic sweets in one of the old souks of Damascus, Syria. EPA

A man buys clothes in a shop, in preparation for Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Baghdad, Iraq. REUTERS

A woman walks through a disinfecting gate before entering a mall ahead of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival after the government eased a nationwide lockdown imposed as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus in Karachi. AFP

Palestinian bakers prepare 'Saj' bread, in Hebron, Palestine. EPA

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