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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Indonesian men take a nap on the floor of a mosque amid physical distancing markings while waiting for the time to break their fast during the first day of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Muslims began marking Ramadan with communal prayers Tuesday in a socially distanced contrast to the empty mosques of a year ago when Islam's holiest month coincided with the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

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A Palestinian plays with fireworks as he celebrates the start of Ramadan in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on April 12, 2021.

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People pray at the "Grand Mosquee de Paris" on April 13, 2021 hours before the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in France.

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A Muslim woman offers prayers on the first night of Ramadan at the Osmanagic mosque in Podgorica, Montenegro, April 12, 2021.