For the first time, London’s famous Coventry Street is decorated with Ramadan ornaments, marking the start of the Islamic holy month in the UK. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Around one quarter of the world’s population expected to observe the Islamic holy month and many will fast from sunrise to sunset. When is Ramadan and who takes part in fasting?
A man cleans the Baiturrahman grand mosque ahead the holy month of Ramadan in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Photograph: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty Images
The Sheikh Zayed Solo Grand Mosque in Solo City, Indonesia. The country has the world’s largest Muslim population. Photograph: Ulet Ifansasti/Getty Images
Muslims perform the first tarawih prayer in Cairo, Egypt, as Ramadan begins. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Islamic religious officials observe the position of the moon ahead of Ramadan at the Galileo Galilei astronomical observatory in Novara, Italy. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
The first eve of Ramadan at the Great Mosque of Istiqlal in Jakarta, Indonesia. Photograph: Willy Kurniawan/Reuters
Muslims perform the tarawih prayer in Granada, Spain. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Palestinians arrive at el-Avde Mosque to perform prayers in Rafah, Gaza. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
A Saudi woman shops for Ramadan decorations to mark the beginning of the holy month at a market in Riyadh, Saudi Arabian. Photograph: Ahmed Yosri/Reuters
People attend a Ramadan crescent lighting ceremony at a square in Ramallah, West Bank. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Food is displayed for sale in a market in Gaza City. Muslims around the world celebrate the holy month of Ramadan by abstaining from eating and drinking during the period between sunrise and sunset. Photograph: Mohammed Saber/EPA
Children hold ‘Ramadan lanterns’ in their hands and move around the streets of Mosul, Iraq. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Palestinians buy groceries in preparation for Ramadan in Gaza City. Photograph: Mahmoud Issa/Quds Net News/ZUMA Press/REX/Shutterstock
Thousands of people flocked to the Sheikh Zayed grand Mosque for the first tarawih prayer, in Central Java, Indonesia. Photograph: Dasril Roszandi/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock
A Palestinian sells a traditional sweet called ‘Zalabya’ at Nablus’ old market, in preparation for Ramadan in the West Bank city of Nablus. Photograph: Alaa Badarneh/EPA
Muslims perform the tarawih prayer at the Ar-Rahma Mosque in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
Bosnian Muslims release hundreds of balloons into the sky to mark the beginning of the month of Ramadan in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photograph: Fehim Demir/EPA
