Ramadan 2020: The holy month begins around the world - in pictures

Ramadan has started, with Muslims around the world facing closed mosques and limited gatherings

A man wearing a protective mask uses his mobile phone camera as he tries to spot the new moon that marks the start of Ramadan, at a mosque in Ahmedabad, India, April 24, 2020. Reuters

Worshippers perform taraweeh prayer in front of the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque on the first day of Ramadan in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. While the general public are not allowed to enter because of the coronavirus pandemic, imams at Islam’s holiest site still lead the daily prayers with staff and workers. Reuters

The near-empty Grand Mosque on the first day of the holy month of Ramadan during the coronavirus outbreak, in the city of Makkah, Saudi Arabia April 24, 2020. Reuters

The near-empty Islamic Centre of Wheaton on April 24, 2020 in Wheaton, Illinois. AFP

Imam Magdy Badr leads prayers over a live broadcast on a laptop in a nearly empty room at Masjid Al Salaam mosque on the first full day of Ramadan on April 24, 2020 in Dearborn, Michigan. Getty

A sign that reads "Ramadan Kareem" is near the front entrance of the Masjid Al Salaam mosque and Dearborn Community Centre on the first day of Ramadan on April 24, 2020 in Dearborn, Michigan. Getty

Imam Benjamin Idriz recites the Koran for a video message, on the first day of Ramadan, amid the coronavirus pandemic, in Penzberg, Germany, April 24, 2020. Reuters

In this aerial view the Sehitlik Mosque stands closed to worshippers on the eve of Ramadan on April 23, 2020 in Berlin, Germany. Getty

A man fires a vintage canon to signal the breaking of fast shortly after sunset in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Friday, April 24, 2020. AP Photo

Davut Avci, the muezzin of Suleymaniye Mosque prays alone during the evening prayer on the first day of Ramadan and the second day of a four-day lockdown across Istanbul on April 24, 2020, in Istanbul, Turkey. Getty

Masjid Umar Mosque during the first day of Ramadan on April 24, 2020 in Leicester, England. Getty

An imam performs without public in a mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia, on Friday, April 24, 2020. AP

An empty shoe shelf at the Islamic Cultural Centre and Mosque in Madrid, Spain, on Thursday, April 23, 2020. AP

The Imam of the of the Islamic Centre of Bergamo, Boureima Songne, wearing a protective mask, reads Quran amid the coronavirus outbreak on the first day of the holy month in the mosque of Bergamo, Italy, 24 April 2020. EPA

Imam Farouk Mohamed, wearing a protective mask, prays on the first day of Ramadan in the mosque of Brescia, Italy, 24 April, 2020. EPA

People shop at a food market on the first day of Ramadan in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on April 24, 2020. AFP

A Muslim boy wearing a protective face mask looks into a closed mosque on the first day of Ramadan, in Bangkok, Thailand on April 24, 2020. Reuters

An Imam performs prayer inside National Mosque as it is closed on the first day of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 24, 2020. Reuters

A Muslim couple wearing protective face masks walk past the closed Sultan Mosque, at Kampong Glam District in Singapore, on April 24, 2020. EPA

A Muslim boy wearing a protective face mask travels in a cycle rickshaw on the eve of the holy fasting month in the old quarters of Delhi, India, on April 24, 2020. Reuters

Muslims listen to an imam as they offer Friday prayers on the first day of Ramadan at Pul-e-Khishti mosque in Kabul on April 24, 2020. AFP

Muslims offer special taraweeh prayers during the first day of Ramadan amid a lockdown in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in Peshawar, Pakistan, on April 24, 2020. EPA

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