The start of Ramazan, the ninth and holiest month in the Muslim calendar, is traditionally determined by the sighting of a new moon. Muslims scan the sky at dusk in the beginning of the lunar calendar's ninth month in search of the new moon to proclaim the start of Ramazan, Islam's holiest month during which observant believers fast from dawn to dusk. Muslimscelebrate the end of Ramazan with the Eid al-Fitr festival.
A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks to celebrate the holy month of Ramazan, in Gaza City.
An Indonesian Muslim student holds a poster during a rally for Ramazan in Jakarta. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Saudis buy dates ahead of Ramazan in the port city of Jeddah.
An Indonesian woman reads a copy of the Quran next to a young boy on the first day of the holyIslamic month of Ramadan in Jakarta.
A Palestinian Muslim man decorates an alley of Jerusalem's old city with festive lights.
Workers prepare cookies at a bakery ahead of Ramazan.
Blind Palestinian children read the Quran written in Braille code in the West Bank city of Jenin after they received the Holy books from Palestinian charity associations ahead of Ramazan.
Officers of Malaysia's Islamic authority perform ?rukyah?, sighting of the new moon of Ramazan, in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur.
A Musaharati, dawn awakener, strikes his drum to wake observant Muslims for their overnight 'sahur', last meal, before the day's fast in Sidon's Old City in southern Lebanon just before dawn.
A Bahraini man points skyward at dusk, in Hamad Town, Bahrain, towards where a slim crescent moon should be visible to indicate the start of Ramazan, a time of prayer, fasting and charitable giving. Clouds hampered sky watchers in the Persian Gulf island nation.
A Lebanese Muslim man, shops for decorations in preparation for the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramazan, in Beirut.
Filipino Muslim students read the Quran, a sacred book of the Muslims, inside an elementary school during Ramazan in Manila.
A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks to celebrate the holy month of Ramazan, in Gaza City.
An Indonesian Muslim student holds a poster during a rally for Ramazan in Jakarta. Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation.
Saudis buy dates ahead of Ramazan in the port city of Jeddah.
An Indonesian woman reads a copy of the Quran next to a young boy on the first day of the holyIslamic month of Ramadan in Jakarta.
A Palestinian Muslim man decorates an alley of Jerusalem's old city with festive lights.
Workers prepare cookies at a bakery ahead of Ramazan.
Blind Palestinian children read the Quran written in Braille code in the West Bank city of Jenin after they received the Holy books from Palestinian charity associations ahead of Ramazan.
Officers of Malaysia's Islamic authority perform ?rukyah?, sighting of the new moon of Ramazan, in Putrajaya outside Kuala Lumpur.
A Musaharati, dawn awakener, strikes his drum to wake observant Muslims for their overnight 'sahur', last meal, before the day's fast in Sidon's Old City in southern Lebanon just before dawn.
A Bahraini man points skyward at dusk, in Hamad Town, Bahrain, towards where a slim crescent moon should be visible to indicate the start of Ramazan, a time of prayer, fasting and charitable giving. Clouds hampered sky watchers in the Persian Gulf island nation.
A Lebanese Muslim man, shops for decorations in preparation for the upcoming Islamic holy month of Ramazan, in Beirut.
Filipino Muslim students read the Quran, a sacred book of the Muslims, inside an elementary school during Ramazan in Manila.
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