Photos:: Ramadan begins

Muslims pray before breaking their fast in the Afghan capital of Kabul.  (Rahmat Gul / Associated Press)

A woman in the semiautonomous Kurdish zone in northern Iraq puts the final touches to bowls of food for families who fled the fighting between government forces and Sunni Muslim militants.  (Safin Hamed / AFP/ Getty Images)

Palestinians can be seen at Sayed al-Hashim Mosque in Gaza City during the holy fasting month of Ramadan.   (Mahmud Hams / AFP/ Getty Images)

A Filipino Muslim prays on the first day of Ramadan at the Golden Mosque in downtown Manila.  (Aaron Favila / Associated Press)

A Filipina carries her prayer rug on the first day of Ramadan at the Golden Mosque in downtown Manila.  (Aaron Favila / Associated Press)

Filipino Muslims pray at the Golden Mosque in Manila as the holy month of Ramadan begins.  (Jay Directo / AFP/Getty Images)

Children recite the Koran at the start of Ramadan at an Islamic school in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi.   (Sayyid Azim / Associated Press)

A child listens to a teacher at an Islamic school in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi, as Ramadan begins.  (Sayyid Azim / Associated Press)

A Pakistani vendor sells dates at a weekly bazaar in the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, as Ramadan begins.   (Aamir Qureshi / AFP/ Getty Images)

Belgacem Bensaid, imam of the Assalam Mosque in Nantes, France, displays the Koran after a prayer on the eve of Ramadan.  (Jean-Sebastien Evrard / AFP/ Getty Images)

Muslims make their way to an east London Mosque for prayers on the eve of Ramadan.  (Rob Stothard / Getty Images)

Muslims leave the East London Mosque after prayers on the eve of Ramadan.   (Rob Stothard / Getty Images)