Ramadan around the world in photos: May 7

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

A Saudi man enters a new self-sterilisation gate at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

People are seen through a thermal camera as a man enters new self-sterilisation gate at the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. Reuters

People receive free bread in Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA

An Algerian man buys meat at a butcher's shop in the capital Algiers. AFP

A woman wearing a protective mask rides her bike next to the Great Mosque of Paris, France. EPA

A vendor, wearing a protective mask, weighs bananas at the central market in the Moroccan capital Rabat. AFP

People receive free bread in Peshawar, Pakistan. EPA

Volunteers wearing protective face masks and gloves hand out iftar meals in Manama, Bahrain. Reuters

Volunteers prepare food packets in Karachi, Pakistan. AP Photo

A man gives food to a woman in Lahore, Pakistan. AP Photo

Bosnian Muslim men wearing protective face masks pray in the Gazi Husrev-beg Mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. EPA

People pray at the Begova mosque in Sarajevo, Bosnia. AP Photo

Afghan boys read the Quran in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. Reuters

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