Ramadan begins on Friday, during the Holy Moon, observers go from sunrise to sunset. Here are how Muslims mark this period, including special prayers, blessings and fasting.
Ramadan begins on February 27, Eid al-fitr holiday marks the 30th of the Holy Month
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A child was seen next to the dome of the Al Mabrur Mosque on Friday as observatory officials examined astronomical calculation tools to determine the beginning of the Muslim holy fasting month in Surabaya, Indonesia on Friday. (Juni Kriswanto/AFP/Getty Images)
Many Muslims around the world are observing Ramadan, which will begin on Friday this year. This is the holy month they abstain from food, drinks and other fun from sunrise to sunset.
Ramadan ends on March 30 with Eid al-Fitr (Fitr Festival).
Here are how worshipers commemorate this sacred period, which includes religious reflections, family gatherings and good deeds.
On Friday, an admirer discovered a new moon through a theorem to determine the beginning of Ramadan in Putrajaya, Malaysia. (Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters)
A worker cleaned a chandelier inside a mosque on Thursday to prepare for Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan. (Fareed Khan/AP)
A worker prepares for the Sakiri Mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan on Friday. (Muhammad Sajjad/AP)
Muslims pray as they visit relatives’ graves before Ramadan on Friday, part of the local tradition. (Willy Kurniawan/Reuters)
Before Ramadan, people bought traditional lanterns on Thursday in Shorja, the largest and oldest market in central Baghdad. (Ahmad al-Rubaye/AFP/Getty Images)
Palestine’s Loay Gheith decorated ceramic plates before Ramadan Thursday before his ceramic factory in Hebron, the West Bank occupied by the West Bank city. (Hazem Bader/AFP/Getty Images)
Turn on the decorative lights in central London, England to celebrate the beginning of Ramadan. (Temilade Adelaja/Reuters)
Palestinians were scrimming decorative lights in the rubble of buildings during a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas on Thursday, in Khan Yunis, south of the Gaza Strip. (Ramadan/Reuters)
Worshipers pray in evening prayer ceremony to commemorate the first Ramadan of Ramadan, at the Grand Mosque of Istiklar in Jakarta. (Achmad Ibrahim/AP)
