Muslims worldwide welcome holy month of Ramadan

Mahyas (light messages) installed in the Yeni mosque, or New Mosque, left, read in Turkish "Welcome month of mercy," and in Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque "There is no God but Allah" in Istanbul, Sunday, March 10, 2024.

Muslims are marking Ramadan, a month of fasting during which observants abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset.

People break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, March 11, 2024.

Muslims in Russia's capital Moscow break their fast at a tent set up by the city's religious directorate of Muslims, March 11, 2024.

A woman uses her mobile phone to take pictures during the holy month of Ramadan at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, Turkey, March 11, 2024. REUTERS/Murad Sezer

A woman uses her mobile phone to take pictures during iftar time at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, March 11, 2024.

Muslims in Russia's capital Moscow break their fast at a tent set up by the city's religious directorate of Muslims, March 11, 2024.

Muslims in Russia's capital Moscow break their fast at a tent set up by the city's religious directorate of Muslims, March 11, 2024.

Displaced Palestinians prepare bread for an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, inside a tent in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024.

Afghan Muslims distribute drinks in a mosque during Iftar on the first day of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan in Kandahar, Afghanistan, March 11, 2024.

Iftar time in the capital of Bahrain, Manama, March 11, 2024.

Iftar time in the capital of Bahrain, Manama, March 11, 2024.

People break their fast in Manama, Bahrain.

The Kapakli District Municipality offers an annual mass iftar for 5,000 people in Tekirdağ, March 11, 2024.

The Kapakli District Municipality offers an annual mass iftar for 5,000 people in Tekirdağ, March 11, 2024.

Displaced Palestinians prepare an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, outside a tent in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024.

A displaced Palestinian woman bakes bread before an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024

A Palestinian girl holds a bowl of beans before an iftar meal, the breaking of fast, on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 11, 2024.

A family who lives in a prefabricated home following the Feb. 6 earthquakes in Türkiye's southeast, breaks their fast, in Kahramanmaraş province.

A Qatari volunteer is preparing Iftar meal boxes before the breaking of the fast on the first day of Ramadan at Souq Waqif Traditional Market in Doha, Qatar, on March 11, 2024ç

The Qatari armed forces are firing a cannon to mark the breaking of the fast on the first day of Ramadan at Souq Waqif Traditional Market in Doha, Qatar, on March 11, 2024. It is a tradition in Qatar to mark the breaking of the fast each day of Ramadan with the firing of a cannon.

Turkish soldiers, with the Ayasofya-i Kebir Camii or Hagia Sophia Grand Mosque in the background, fire a cannon to mark the end of fasting during the holy month of Ramadan at Sultanahmet Square in Istanbul, March 11, 2024.

Mahyas installed in between the minarets of the Süleymaniye Mosque reads in Turkish "Ramadan is the month of Quran," Sunday, March 10, 2024.

A "Happy Ramadan" sign is illuminated on the occasion of the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, when observant Muslims fast from dawn to dusk, in a pedestrian zone in Frankfurt, Germany, Sunday, March 10, 2024.

A Muslim worshipper offers a prayer during the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Yeni Camii or New Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Monday, March 11, 2024.

Muslims gather for an Iftar meal during the first day of Ramadan at Sheikh Abdul Qadir Gilani Mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 11, 2024.