Pics: Ramadaan around the world

A Pakistani Muslim woman holds her child during Friday prayers at the Badshahi mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. Photo: K.M. Chaudary/AP

Kashmiri Muslims pray inside a shrine in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Photo: FAROOQ KHAN/EPA

Kashmiri Muslims take rest as they wait before breaking their fast at dusk inside the Grand Mosque in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir. Photo: FAROOQ KHAN/EPA

A Palestinian man reads the Koran during the holy month of Ramadaan at Al-Omari mosque in Gaza City. Photo: Suhaib Salem/Reuters

A Somali woman receives iftar (breaking of fast) meal from a Qatari charity organization during the holy Muslim month of Ramadaan in capital Mogadishu. Photo: Feisal Omar/Reuters

A man arranges strands of vermicelli, which are kept for drying at a factory in Allahabad, India. Photo: Jitendra Prakash/Reuters

People cool themselves with a broken water pipeline in Islamabad, Pakistan as temperatures increased during Ramadaan. Photo: B.K. Bangash/AP

Somali families receive iftar (breaking of fast) meal from a Qatari charity organisation during the holy Muslim month of Ramadaan in capital Mogadishu. Photo: Feisal Omar/Reuters

A Muslim girl adjusts her head scarf before her Iftar (breaking of fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadaan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

US President Barack Obama greets Samantha Elauf while hosting the Iftar dinner in observance of Ramadaan at the White House. Photo: Kevin Lamarque/Reuters

Pakistani Muslims leave the Grand Faisal mosque after breaking fast and offering evening prayers during Ramadaan in Islamabad, Pakistan. Photo: Anjum Naveed/AP

Somali families receive iftar (breaking of fast) meal from a Qatari charity organization during the holy Muslim month of Ramadaan in capital Mogadishu. Photo: Feisal Omar/Reuters

Nepalese Muslim pray during the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in Kathmandu, Friday, June 19, 2015. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Pakistanis pass a table set for Iftar, the meal taken after sunset prayers to break the fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramaadan, in Karachi, Pakistan. Photo: SHAHZAIB AKBER/EPA

Yemenis read the holy Koran at the Grand Mosque during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadaan in the old city of Sana'a, Yemen. Photo: YAHYA ARHAB/EPA

A traditional Palestinian 'Mesaharaty' passes by houses to wake people up shortly before dawn for their 'Sohour' (last meal before the beginning of fasting in Ramadaan), in Nablus, West Bank. Photo: ALAA BADARNEH/EPA

A Malaysian Muslim man recites the Holy Quran, before the Zohar prayers at a mosque during Islam's holy month of Ramadaan, in Putrajaya, Malaysia. Photo: Joshua Paul/AP

A boy reads the holy Koran at a mosque, during the fasting month of Ramadaan, in Peshawar, Pakistan. Photo: BILAWAL ARBAB/EPA

Palestinian youths walk past a destroyed mosque during sunset in Al Shejaeiya neighbourhood during the Muslim holy month of Ramadaan, east Gaza City. Photo: MOHAMMED SABER/EPA

A Muslim man passes a cup to another as they sit before their Iftar (breaking of fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadaan at the Jama Masjid in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters

A vendor sells cucumber melon, locally known as "timun suri," a type of fruit popular during the fasting month of Ramadan to be served as sweet drink at a market in Jakarta, Indonesia, Monday, June 22, 2015. During Ramadan, the holiest month in Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn till dusk. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)

A Muslim man prepares his Iftar (breaking of fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadaan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India. Photo: Adnan Abidi/Reuters