Saudis use a telescope to monitor the new moon of Ramadan in the Saudi city of Taif. – Photo by AFP

Majd Osama, 13, shows his father, Osama Shawqi, 41, the crescent moon's course in the sky through an application on his iPad in order to try to locate the crescent of Ramazan in Amman, Jordan. – Photo by AP

An Indonesian Muslim attends prayer at Baiturrahman mosque in Banda Aceh. – Photo by AFP

A Palestinian reads from the Quran during the dawn prayer on the first day of Ramazan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin. – Photo by AP

Palestinian women walk towards the Israeli checkpoint of Qalandia near the West Bank city of Ramallah before crossing it on their way to Jerusalem to attend the first Friday prayers of Ramazan at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound. – Photo by AFP

Muslim boys attend a mass prayer marking the start of Ramadan at the Golden Mosque in Quiapo, Metro Manila. – Photo by Reuters

A Palestinian boy plays with fireworks as he celebrates the start of Ramazan in the West Bank city of Nablus. – Photo by AP

A program is filmed in a studio of a new TV channel which is being managed and run exclusively by women who wear the full veil, to be launched this weekend, in Cairo on the first day of Ramazan. – Photo by Reuters

A vendor prepares Jallab and Rose, traditional Ramazan drinks, in preparation for Muslims breaking their fast at sundown in Sidon's Old City in southern Lebanon. – Photo by Reuters

A woman walks past a signboard on a road, a day before the start of the holy month of Ramadan, in Nigeria's northern city of Kano. – Photo by Reuters

A Palestinian reads from the Quran during the dawn prayer on the first day of Ramazan at a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin. – Photo by AP

A Jordanian man looks at decorations for Ramadan in Amman, Jordan. – Photo by AP