In pictures: Muslims worldwide mark the arrival of Ramadan

Kyrgyz worshippers pray inside the Abdulkarim Satuq Bughra Khan Mosque during the start of Ramadan in Bishkek.

Volunteers at the Yasser Arafat charity in Tulkarem prepare Iftar meals on the first day of Ramadan on March 1, 2025, to distribute to Palestinians displaced from refugee camps nearby in West Bank.

Gaza People gather for the Iftar, or fast-breaking meal, on the first day of Ramadan in Jabalia in the northern Gaza Strip on March 1, 2025 by the rubble of collapsed buildings that were destroyed during the war between Israel and Hamas.

A volunteer distributes Ramadan meals to people on the first day of Ramadan, at Souq Waqif bazaar in Doha on March 1, 2025.

Worshippers gather at the Rahman mosque for the evening 'Taraweeh' prayers on the first day of Ramadan in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on March 1, 2025.

A man sits near a butcher shop's display as people buy foodstuffs ahead of Iftar, or the fast-breaking meal, on the first day of Ramadan in Rabat on March 1, 2025.

Men gather for the Iftar provided at the mausoleum and mosque of Al-Sayyid Al-Hasan, or Sheikh Hassan Al-Mirghani, one of the leaders of the Khatmiyya Sufi order founded in 1817, in Sudan's eastern city of Kassala on the first day of Ramadan.

Turkish soldiers fire a cannon to mark the end of the day's fasting at the Blue Mosque Square in Istanbul, on March 1, 2025, on the first day Ramadan.

This aerial view shows people walking along a market street with collapsed buildings that were destroyed during the Syrian Civil War, in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on the first day of Ramadan.

Emirati officers prepare to fire the Iftar cannon near Burj Khalifa in the centre of Dubai, a tradition signalling sunset and the end of fasting for observing Muslims, on the first day of Ramadan on March 1, 2025.

Afghan men break their fast with Iftar meals on the first day of Ramadan, at a mosque in Kandahar on March 1, 2025.

Kuwaitis shop for fruits and vegetables at a market in Kuwait City on March 1, 2025, on the first day of Ramadan.

A pickle vendor serves a customer from his stall at the old Zawiya market of Gaza City on the first day of Ramadan on March 1, 2025.

Muslims offer the first Taraweeh prayers to mark the start of Ramadan at the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin mosque in Putrajaya on March 1, 2025.

People walk along the decorated seaside corniche, on the first day of Ramadan, in Libya's second-largest city of Benghazi early on March 1, 2025.

Veiled women shop at the Telene market in Dakar on March 1, 2025, the day the month of Ramadan begins in Senegal.

People gather to watch the cannon firing at Expo City, Dubai, as the UAE marks the start of Ramadan on March 1. The cannon is fired at sunset to announce Iftar, the time to break the day’s fast during Ramadan.

People buy fresh produce in Tunis' central market as people shop on the first day of Ramadan on March 1, 2025.

A person watches as people participate in a Ramadan parade on Fifth Avenue in the Bay Ridge neighbourhood in the Brooklyn borough in New York City.

Devotees arrive at Jama Masjid on the first day of Ramadan, in New Delhi on Saturday, March 1.

A vendor barbecues skewers of meat at the old Zawiya market of Gaza City on the first day of Ramadan on March 1, 2025.

Shoppers explore Ramadan promotions at Ibn Battuta Mall in Dubai.

Saudi Arabia celebrates Ramadan with traditions and community spirit.

Worshippers pray inside the Abdulkarim Satuq Bughra Khan Mosque during the start of Ramadan in Bishkek.

Worshippers pray during evening prayers inside the Mevlana Mosque at the start of Ramadan, in Rotterdam.

Muslims offer first Tarawih prayers to mark the start of Ramadan, at Fayuan mosque in Beijing.

People pray inside the Al Aqsa Mosque ahead of the start of Ramadan on February 28, 2025.

A worshiper reads prior to the Friday prayers at a mosque near Pristina on February 28, 2025.

Loay Gheith decorate ceramic plates ahead of Ramadan in his ceramics factory in Hebron on February 27, 2025.

Women check traditional lanterns known in Arabic as "Fanous Ramadan " at the Shorja market in central Baghdad on February 27, 2025, as worshippers prepare to welcome the month of Ramadan.