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A photo taken with slow speed shutter shows muslims performing an evening prayer called “Tarawih” on the first eve of the Islamic holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, 11 March 2024. Muslims worldwide are expected to start observing Ramadan fasting and rites related to it on 11 March. The Muslims' holy month of Ramadan is the ninth month in the Islamic calendar and it is believed that the revelation of the first verse in the Koran was during its last 10 nights. It is celebrated yearly by praying during the night time and abstaining from eating, drinking, and sеxual acts during the period between sunrise and sunset. It is also a time for socializing, mainly in the evening after breaking the fast and a shift of all activities to late in the day in most countries. (Photo by Mast Irham/EPA)
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