As Ramadan comes to an end here are some of the month's most defining images from across the world.
Palestinians pray in front of the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem during the holy month of Ramadan
Indian Muslims pray on a street as it rains on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Kolkata, India, Friday, June 23, 2017. (AP/Bikas Das)
Indian Muslims offer prayer on a road outside the Jama Masjid mosque on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Allahabad, India. (AP /Rajesh Kumar Singh)
Pilgrims pray near the Al-Safa mountain, at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage known as Umrah, during Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Decree, on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, early Thursday, June 22, 2017.
Pilgrims circle the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the minor pilgrimage, known as Umrah, during Laylat al-Qadr, Night of Decree, on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, early Thursday, June 22, 2017. (AP/Amr Nabil).
Residents pray during Laylat al-Qadr prayers on the 27th day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at al Sayed Hashim mosque in Gaza City. (AP/Adel Hana)
A Muslim man walks inside the mosque during Islam's holy month of Ramadan at Jamek Mosque in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Wednesday, June 21, 2017. (AP/Daniel Chan).
Nepalese Muslims offer prayers inside a mosque in Kathmandu, Nepal. (AP/Niranjan Shrestha).
In this frame grab from video, a boy and his brother receive treatment for suspected food poisoning at a medical tent in the Hassan Sham U2 camp for displaced people located about 20 kilometers (13 miles) east of Mosul, Iraq. Iraq's health minister, Adila Hamoud, told The Associated Press in Baghdad that 752 people had been taken ill and at least two died after they took part in a meal to break the Muslim dawn-to-dusk fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. (AP/Balint Szlanko)
Iranian Shiite Muslims place copies of Quran, Islam's holy book, on their heads while praying during holy fasting month of Ramadan at the graves of soldiers who were killed during 1980s war with Iraq, at Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery after midnight, just outside Tehran, Iran. (AP/Vahid Salemi).
Syrians living in Turkey wait to cross into Syria at the Oncupinar border crossing, near the town of Kilis, Turkey. Turkey temporarily opened the Oncupinar border crossing, also know as Bab al-Salameh in Kilis for Syrians wishing to travel home for Ramadan and Eid al-Fitr. (AP/Mehmet Guzel).
Indian Muslims offer prayers on the second Friday of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Jama Masjid in New Delhi, India.
Indian Muslim children offer Friday prayers at a during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan in Hyderabad. (AP/Mahesh Kumar A.).
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