Muslims around the world are beginning the holy month of Ramadan. Here, a mother comforts her sleeping son during an evening prayer at a mosque in the Indonesian capital Jakarta.

Indonesians buying traditional foods at a market as they prepare to break the fast after sunset.

An Afghan vendor prepares food at a market stall in Kabul.

The faithful pray at a mosque in the Philippine capital Manila.

Muslim women carry flowers during a festival of fruits in southern Thailand.

A Lebanese street vendor sells pickles in the southern port city of Sidon.

Pastries and pancakes are on sale in Morocco's capital, Rabat.

In the West Bank town of Ramallah, a Palestinian man prepares traditional Arabic bread.

And in Somalia, Muslim women in Hargeisa wait for travellers to buy their samosas.