Muslims around the world are marking the start of Ramadan, Islam's holiest month. Some began the period of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts on Monday. Others will begin fasting a day later, Tuesday, because of differences over how the new moon is spotted, which is when countries declare the start of Ramadan.
Here is a gallery of photos of Muslims observing Ramadan around the world:
Pakistan Muslims offer an evening prayer called 'tarawih' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a mosque in Karachi, Pakistan,, June 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)
Men read verses of the Quran, Islam's holy book, on the first day of the fasting month of Ramadan in the Grand Mosque in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, Monday, June 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Hani Mohammed)
Students sit in circles during a Quran recital class on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, June 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
A Palestinian makes a popular sweet in a market on the first day of the Ramadan, in a shop in the Old City of the West Bank town of Nablus, Monday, June 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)
Students read Quran on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, June 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara)
In this late Sunday, June 5, 2016 picture, Egyptians celebrate the announcement of the holy month of Ramadan in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
In this Sunday, June 5, 2016 photo, a whirling dervish spins during a performance to mark the holy month of Ramadan at El-Moez Street in historical Fatimid Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
On the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, Selami Aykut, 38, center, surrounded family observe the "sahour", traditional breakfast of Ramadan, in Istanbul, after being woken by street drummers early Monday, June 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)
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