The holy month of Ramadan is celebrated by Muslims worldwide marked by fasting, abstaining from foods, sex and smoking from dawn to dusk.
ຊາວມຸສລິມທົ່ວໂລກ ສະຫລອງເດືອນສັກສິດ Ramadan
![A boy stands among the supporters of ousted Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi, who are offering the the Tarawih prayer, after the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during Ramadan, in Nasr City, Cairo, July 10, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/3a0052ec-8c92-4ff5-8f27-544217a6bb15_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A boy stands among the supporters of ousted Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi, who are offering the the Tarawih prayer, after the evening meal when Muslims break their fast during Ramadan, in Nasr City, Cairo, July 10, 2013.
![Students sit in circles during a Quran recital class on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 10, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/229a0d7f-b96a-4a3f-b861-9472014c3395_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Students sit in circles during a Quran recital class on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Ar-Raudlatul Hasanah Islamic boarding school in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia, July 10, 2013.
![A man reads a Quran at a mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, July 10, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/2df6fb71-521f-4974-a0ee-967e80a25132_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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A man reads a Quran at a mosque in Beirut, Lebanon, July 10, 2013.
![Indonesian Muslim women hold prayers on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, July 9, 2013.](https://gdb.voanews.com/83f84329-6f27-4b4c-be73-656b4c556f7c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Indonesian Muslim women hold prayers on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, July 9, 2013.