![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Nairobi on July 6, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-03.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family says prayers before breaking their fast in Kano, Nigeria on July 5, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-051.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Syrian refugee family waits to break their fast next to the Temporary Centre for Immigrants in the Spanish enclave of Melilla, Spain on July 8, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-11.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Sydney on July 4, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-09.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast on the outskirts of Khartoum, Sudan on July 15, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-16.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Tehran on July 3, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-14.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Imam Siswanto Imam Siswanto (left) waits to break his fast with his family in Jakarta on July 1, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-02.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery Chinese Muslim women wait to break their fast at Niujie Mosque in Beijing on July 2, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-05.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Istanbul on July 9, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-08.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Tucker, Ga., on July 16, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-06.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery The Hammami family waits to break their fast in the Bardo neighborhood near the Tunisian capital, Tunis on July 7, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-01.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Baghdad on July 6, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-07.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![APTOPIX Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 7, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Nairobi on July 6, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-03.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Sanaa, Yemen on July 2, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-15.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery A Muslim family waits to break their fast in Kuala Lumpur on July 11, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-12.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Ramadan Iftar World Photo Gallery The Aazzab family waits to break their fast in Casablanca, Morocco on July 5, 2014.](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/ramadan-muslim-breaking-fast-13.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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