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A Palestinian vendor sprays water on Muslim worshipers in Jerusalem's Old City after prayers on the second Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, on August 12, 2011.
Fazalullaha, a victim of a land mine, poses for picture as he holds medicine received at a free medical camp organized by a Indian doctor during the holy month of Ramadan in the poor neighborhood of Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 12, 2011.
Thai Muslim women pray during a special evening prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Pattani Central Mosque, on August 12, 2011 in Pattani, southern Thailand. The long evening prayer comes after Iftar, the breaking of the day-long fast from sunrise to sunset.
A man raises his hands in prayer while sitting on a prayer mat outside a mosque on the first Friday of Ramadan in Srinagar, on August 5, 2011.
Palestinian children sit under lights decorating Damascus Gate during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on August 8, 2011, at the old city of Jerusalem, Israel.
With the world's tallest tower, Burj Khalifa, in the background, Muslims break their fast at a mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on August 7, 2011. Mohammed al-Qubaisi, Dubai's top Muslim cleric, said Sunday that Burj Khalifa residents living above the 80th floor should wait two additional minutes to break their dawn-to-dusk fast while those above the 150th floor must wait three extra minutes because they will be able to see the sun longer than those on the ground.
A man has kohl applied to his eyelids at Masjid Al Kabir, also known as Grand Mosque, during Ramadan in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, on August 7, 2011. The dark cosmetic powder is traditionally popular in Yemen as a protection against eye ailments and as a medical remedy.
Students are split into groups as they attend a Quran recitation class at an Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, on August 9, 2011.
An Afghan refugee boy, prays in a Mosque during the holy month of Ramadan, in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 11, 2011.
Kashmiri roadside vendour sells fruits for sale on the eve of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan at a market in Srinagar, on August 1, 2011.
In this photograph taken on August 12, 2011, an Afghan National Policeman prepares for "iftar", the breaking of the fast at sunset during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the joint US-Afghan combat outpost of the 2-87 Infantry Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team located in Makuan's village "Green Zone" in Kandahar province southern Afghanistan.
In this photo taken Thursday, July 28, 2011, samples of traditional lanterns are on display for sale in a shop in Cairo, Egypt. Egyptians turn to the lanterns, known as fanoos, as part of the tradition of the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast from sunrise to sunset in a process intended to light one's path toward prayer and God.
A Kashmiri Muslim woman offers prayers on the first Friday of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Shah-e-Hamdan mosque in Srinagar, on August 5, 2011.
The Islamic Center of Greater Miami, in Miami, Florida, photographed on July 29, 2011, just ahead of the Islamic month of Ramadan.
People jostle for free food distributed at a local shrine during the Muslims fasting month of Ramadan, in the suburbs of Islamabad, Pakistan, on August 12, 2011.
A Muslim man prays at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, on August 8, 2011.
Visitors stand next to the "Sakal-i Serif", or the holy beard of the Prophet Mohammad (foreground), and Holy Cloak, or the "Hirka-i Serif", as they are exhibited under glass protection at the 18th-century Hirka-i Serif mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, on August 5, 2011. The cloak is unearthed for exhibition every year on the first Friday of Ramadan until the end of the holy month in this mosque. The mosque was built by Sultan Abdulmecit in 1851 for the preservation of the cloak, which Muslims believe was handed over to Uvayis Al-Karani by Prophet Mohammad.
Libyan rebel fighters pray in the shade of a rocket launcher during the Muslim month of Ramadan, on the outskirts of the coastal oil town of Brega, in eastern Libya, on August 10, 2011, as artillery exchanges took place on the frontlinet.
A student reads the Koran before morning prayer during the holy month of Ramadan at the Al-Mukmin Islamic boarding school in Solo, Indonesia Central Java province, on August 2, 2011.
A Pakistani Muslim arranges bowls of food before Iftar, the breaking of the fast, during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Lahore, on August 6, 2011. Ramadan in Pakistan, the world's second most populous Muslim country, started one day after Saudi Arabia, home to Islam's holiest shrines Mecca and Medina, because local authorities did not confirm sighting the new moon.
An Indian worker dries Seviiyan - thin vermicelli - which is used for the preparation of "sheerkhorma", a traditional sweet dish prepared by the Muslim community during the holy month of Ramadan at a food factory in Hyderabad, India, on August 3, 2011. 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.
An Indian Muslim prays after breaking the Ramadan fast at the Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India, on August 5, 2011.
