Pictures of Ramadan Worldwide

"Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, began earlier this month with the sighting of the new moon."


So begins a photo-essay in the The Atlantic. After a few more sentences about the annual fast, the essay unfurls 42 photos.

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Wiki-image of a photo by Thomas Bresson of a crescent moon is used according to the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.