The month of Ramadan

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Muslim women attend Ramadan tarawih prayer at Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Nyimas Laula

Youths clean a dome of a mosque ahead of the upcoming holy fasting month of Ramadan in Jakarta June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A Muslim woman uses a theodolite to perform "rukyah", the sighting of the new moon which signals the start of the holy month of Ramadan, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 16, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

A worker checks a printout of the Koran as for orders for Koran increased by 30 percent before the start the holy month of Ramadan in Surabaya, Indonesia June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Antara Foto/Didik Suhartono

Visitors react on the rock as a man jumps into the water, above Cleopatra's Beach, on a summer s day before the start of the holy month of Ramadan, at the Mediterranean city of �Marsa Matrouh, northwest of Cairo, Egypt June 16, 2015. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

A man adjusts a compass to find the direction before installing a theodolite to look for the new moon that will mark the start of Ramadan, from Pakistan's Meteorological Department (PMD) building in Karachi, Pakistan, June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

A hat seller fits a hat on a customer ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore, Pakistan, June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza

A man reads the Koran at the Grand Mosque in Yemen's capital Sanaa ahead of the holy month of Ramadan June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah

A child shouts at his father during tarawih prayers before Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Olivia Harris

Residents on their vehicles are seen through decorations erected ahead of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the port city of Sidon, southern Lebanon, June 16, 2015. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho

A Syrian refugee shops in a market with his humanitarian aid vouchers, in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp A Syrian refugee shops in a market with his humanitarian aid vouchers, in preparation for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, at the Al-Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, near the border with Syria June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

Police officers burn 581 kg of marijuana ahead of Ramadan at a West Jakarta police office June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

Men check a selection of prayer beads for purchase ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

A police officer throws alcoholic drink bottles, some of the 10,000 bottles to be destroyed, near a steamroller at a West Jakarta police office June 15, 2015. REUTERS/Beawiharta

A boy carrying snacks runs to join Ramadan tarawih prayers at Assyafaah mosque in Singapore June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

A man prays before Ramadan tarawih prayers at Assyafaah mosque in Singapore June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Edgar Su

Palestinians shop in a market ahead of the holy month of Ramadan, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa

ouths prepare cookies at a small traditional factory ahead of the holy month of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan June 17, 2015. REUTERS/Mohammad Ismail

A Palestinian man hangs decorations for the upcoming holy month of Ramadan outside his home in Jerusalem's Old City June 16, 2015. REUTERS/Ammar Awad

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