ຊາວມຸສລິມທົ່ວໂລກ ເລີ່ມຕົ້ນ ສະຫລອງເດືອນສັກສິດ ຣາມາດັນ

Indonesian Muslim women hold prayers on the first night of the holy month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, July 9, 2013.

Syrians shop in the covered market in central Damascus as they prepare for the month of Ramadan, July 9, 2013.

A woman shops for dates and cereals in a street market in Abobo, Ivory Coast, July 9, 2013.

Yemeni girls wearing traditional costumes attend a festival to welcome the month of Ramadan in the old city of Sanaa, Yemen, July 8, 2013.

A vendor sells traditional cakes of fried honey and flour pastries to customers ahead of Ramadan in Rabat, Morocco, July 8, 2013.

A man prepares special sweets at a small traditional factory ahead of Ramadan in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 8, 2013.

Israeli security forces pass by a shop selling decorations as they patrol an alley in Jerusalem's Old City, July 8, 2013.

Muslim clerics scan the horizon for the crescent moon that will determine the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Jakarta, Indonesia, July 8, 2013.