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Indian Muslims offer prayers at the Jama mosque in Delhi, India. Photograph: Manish Swarup/AP
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Muslims eat at dusk at the historic Niujie mosque in Beijing, China. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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Chinese Muslims of the Hui ethnic minority pray over food before breaking their fast. Photograph: Kevin Frayer/Getty Images
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Muslim devotees offer prayers on the first Friday of Ramadan at Taj-ul mosque in Bhopal, India. Photograph: Sanjeev Gupta/EPA
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A boy sells food by the river Buriganga in the evening in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Photograph: Andrew Biraj/Reuters
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An Iranian clergyman prays among the other worshippers at the shrine of Saleh, a Shia saint, in northern Tehran. Photograph: Ebrahim Noroozi/AP
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Nearly 3,000 Muslims at a fast-breaking dinner in Taksim Square, Istanbul, on Wednesday this week. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images
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Indian Muslims sit before their iftar (breaking of fast) meal at the Jama masjid (Grand mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi. Photograph: Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters
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Clashes break out between Israeli police and Palestinian youths during the noon prayer in Ras al-Amud, Photograph: Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images
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