Hundreds of millions of Muslims around the world began the holy month of Ramadan under lockdown and other restrictions to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. (22 PHOTOS)
PHOTO PACKAGE: Ramadan Begins For World's Muslims Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
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Muslims pray during the first dawn prayers of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, as they keep social distancing to help curb the spread of the coronavirus, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, April 13, 2021.
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Cleric Ahmad Rahmani, center, who is an astrology expert briefs other clerics about the process of sighting the new moon that signals the start of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan, at the Imam Ali observatory about 28 miles (45 kilometers) outside the holy city of Qom, south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, April 13, 2021.
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A worker disinfects a mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, as the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues, in Peshawar, Pakistan, April 13, 2021.
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Women stand in line waiting their turn outside a government office to receive cash under the government's Ehsaas Emergency Cash program for families in need, ahead of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, April 13, 2021.
