Picture Gallery: Ramadan throughout the world

Dubai, -, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES : Foreign Muslim workers prepare to break their fast with a free Iftar dinner during the holy month of Ramadan in Dubai, on July 24, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk, when they break the fast with a meal known as iftar. AFP PHOTO

Quetta, -, PAKISTAN : Pakistani Muslims wait to break their fast in Quetta on July 25, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO

Narathiwat, -, THAILAND : This picture taken on July 25, 2012 shows Thai Muslims buying food at a market to break their fast, in Thailand's southern Narathiwat province. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO

Narathiwat, -, THAILAND : This picture taken on July 25, 2012 shows Thai Muslims buying food at a market to break their fast, in Thailand's southern Narathiwat province. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO

Tripoli, -, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA : Libyans break their fast at the end of the sixth day of Islam's holy month of Ramadan, in Tripoli, on July 25, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO

Tripoli, -, LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA : Libyans break their fast at the end of the sixth day of Islam's holy month of Ramadan, in Tripoli on July 25, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO

Quetta, -, PAKISTAN : A Pakistani man distributes bread in people before Iftar time in Quetta on July 25, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO

Kuwait City, -, KUWAIT : A collection of mainly amber prayer beads displayed at a shop in downtown Kuwait, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on July 25,2012. Muslims use beads to count their Tasabih, a prayer cycle said to glorify and praise God, in which one bead is dropped down a string after each phrase. AFP PHOTO

Kuwait City, -, KUWAIT : A Kuwaiti man checks a collection of prayer beads displayed at a shop in downtown Kuwait City, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, on July 25, 2012. Muslims use beads to count their Tasabih, a prayer cycle said to glorify and praise God, in which one bead is dropped down a string after each phrase. AFP PHOTO

Herat, -, AFGHANISTAN : An Afghan woman begs as men pray in a mosque in a mosque in Herat on July 24, 2012 during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Throughout the month devout Muslims must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset when they break the fast with the Iftar meal. AFP PHOTO

Herat, -, AFGHANISTAN : Afghan men pray in a mosque in Herat on July 24, 2012 during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Throughout the month devout Muslims must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset when they break the fast with the Iftar meal. AFP PHOTO

JERUSALEM, -, - : Palestinians head to perform the evening prayer at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem during the fasting month of Ramadan on July 24, 2012. AFP PHOTO

JERUSALEM, -, - : Palestinian Muslim women perform the "Tarawih" evening prayer in front of the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in the old city of Jerusalem during the fasting month of Ramadan on July 24, 2012. AFP PHOTO

Aleppo, -, SYRIA : Syrian rebels break their fast with the "iftar" meal during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in the northern city of Aleppo on July 24, 2012. A commercial hub and home to 2.5 million people, Syria's second city Aleppo has become a new front in the country's 16-month uprising, after being largely excluded from the violence. AFP PHOTO

JIDHAFS, -, BAHRAIN : Bahrainis shop at a market during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the village of Jidhafs, west of Manama, on July 24, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk, when they break the fast with a meal known as iftar. AFP PHOTO

New Delhi, -, INDIA : An Indian Muslim family breaks their fast at sunset during the fasting month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid Mosque in New Delhi on July 24, 2012. Like millions of Muslim around the world, Indian Muslims celebrated the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating, drinking, and smoking as well as sexual activities from dawn to dusk. AFP PHOTO

Jakarta, -, INDONESIA : Indonesian Muslims crowd a street food stall to buy food to break fast in Jakarta on July 24, 2012. During the month of Ramadan, Muslims must refrain from dawn until sunset to eating, drinking, and sexual relations, as well as, generally sinful speech and behavior. AFP PHOTO

Srinagar, -, INDIA : Kashmiri Muslims pray at the Shah-i-Hamdaan shrine during Ramadan in Srinagar on July 23, 2012. Islam's holy month of Ramadan is calculated on the sighting of the new moon and Muslims all over the world are supposed to fast from dawn to dusk during the month. AFP PHOTO

Herat, -, AFGHANISTAN : An Afghan woman sits with two children as they beg in Herat on July 22, 2012 during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Throughout the month devout Muslims must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset when they break the fast with the Iftar meal. AFP PHOTO

Sanaa, -, YEMEN : Yemeni men reads verses of the Koran, Islam's holy book, on the third day of the fasting month of Ramadan in the grand Mosque in the old city of Sanaa, on July 22, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO

Rabat, -, MOROCCO : Muslim women walk along the beach waiting to break their fast at sunset during the ramadan in Rabat July 22, 2012. AFP PHOTO

Khartoum, -, SUDAN : A Sudanese man lays a tray of food as Muslims ready to break their fast as they sit along a street in West Jarif, some 7 kilometers east of the capital Khartoum, on July 22, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO

Mogadishu, -, SOMALIA : Somali women and children wait in line at a feeding centre in the capital, Mogadishu, on July 21, 2012 as they prepare to break their fast on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Somalia has made strides toward food security one year since its famine but the situation remains critical, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Friday. AFP PHOTO

Mogadishu, -, SOMALIA : Somali women and children wait in line at a feeding centre in the capital, Mogadishu, on July 21, 2012 as they prepare to break their fast on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Somalia has made strides toward food security one year since its famine but the situation remains critical, the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said Friday. AFP PHOTO

New Delhi, -, INDIA : An Indian Muslim family breaks their fast during sunset on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid Mosque in New Delhi on July 21, 2012. Like millions of Muslim around the world, Indian Muslims celebrated the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating, drinking, and smoking as well as sexual activities from dawn to dusk. AFP PHOTO

Kabul, -, AFGHANISTAN : A young Afghan street vendor carries a basket of "Bolani", a traditional Afghan food, as she waits for customers in a busy market in Kabul July 21, 2012, during the Islamic month of Ramadan. Throughout the month devout Muslims must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset when they break the fast with the Iftar meal. AFP PHOTO

GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP, - : Palestinian prisoners wait to be released from the central prison in Gaza City on July 21, 2012 for the occasion of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. AFP PHOTO

Dhaka, -, BANGLADESH : Bangladeshi street vendors prepare Iftar, food for breaking the daytime fast, at a traditional Iftar bazaar in the old part of Dhaka on July 21 , 2012, on the first day of Ramadan, the holy fasting month of Islam. Like millions of Muslim around the world, Bangladeshi Muslims celebrated the month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating, drinking, and smoking as well as sexual activities from dawn to dusk. AFP PHOTO

DENPASAR, -, INDONESIA : A woman looks at a sunset during the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Jimbaran on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on July 21, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO

Jakarta, -, INDONESIA : Indonesian Muslim attend a prayer during the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta on July 21, 2012. Muslims fasting in the month of Ramadan must abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn until sunset, when they break the fast with the meal known as Iftar. AFP PHOTO