Ramadan spirit: Iftar tables around the world

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Muslims wait to have their iftar (breaking fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India, May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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Muslims eat their iftar (breaking fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadan at the Sheikh Dafallah Mosque in Oumdrman, Khartoum, Sudan May 28, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
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Muslim students pray before breaking fast during their holy month of Ramadan in narathiwat on May 30 2018. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan during which Muslim devotees fast from dawn until dusk. / AFP / Madaree TOHLALA
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This photo taken on May 27, 2018 shows a woman serving porridge as people break fast during Ramadan at a mosque in Bantul, Yogyakarta. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. / AFP / AGUNG SUPRIYANTO
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Muslim students wait to break fast during their holy month of Ramadan in narathiwat on May 30, 2018. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan during which Muslim devotees fast from dawn until dusk. / AFP / Madaree TOHLALA
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Indian Muslim prepare food before breaking the Ramadan fast at the Jama-e-Masjid Aiwan in Hyderabad on May 25, 2018. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk. / AFP / NOAH SEELAM
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People wait to have their Iftar (breaking fast) meal during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at an event organised by a charity association for orphans, widow and poor famillies, in Blida's stadium west of the capital Algiers, Algeria, May 24, 2018. Picture taken May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
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A Syrian youth prepares "Qatayef", traditional pancakes that are popular during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in the northern town of al-Bab on May 24, 2018. / AFP / Nazeer AL-KHATIB
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A Pakistani vendor prepares food for residents during sehri before beginning their Ramadan fast at Kartarpura 'food street' in Rawalpindi on May 30, 2018. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. / AFP / AAMIR QURESHI
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Yemeni volunteers cook free food rations for five hundred families, recipients of an initiative by local youths, during the holy month of Ramadan in the capital Sanaa on May 27, 2018. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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Workers cook food at a charity kitchen in Idlib on May 19, 2018, as they prepare iftar meals for Muslim devotees breaking their fast which are to be distributed to impoverished families, displaced from Ghouta. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
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Iranians enjoy "Iftar," the sunset meal when Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, in a street in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, May 29, 2018. Ramadan is the holiest month in Islam and observant Muslims throughout the world mark it by fasting from dawn to dusk. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
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Iraqi men buy food in an open air market after breaking the fast during the holy month of Ramadan in Mosul on May 24, 2018. The Islamist State (IS) group which controlled the city for three years before its ouster last July had banned the drumming, along with other traditions that make up the festive spirit of the month of dawn-to-dusk fasting. / AFP / Zaid AL-OBEIDI
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A Yemeni cook fried "sambusa", or samosa, during the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in the capital Sanaa on May 25, 2018. / AFP / Mohammed HUWAIS
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Muslims preapre to break fast during their holy month of Ramadan in narathiwat on May 30 2018. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan during which Muslim devotees fast from dawn until dusk. / AFP / Madaree TOHLALA
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A charity association's members prepare Iftar (breaking fast) meals during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in a stadium for orphans, widow and poor famillies in Blida west of the the capital Algiers, Algeria, May 24, 2018. Picture taken May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
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A Pakistani vendor prepares food for residents during sehri before beginning their Ramadan fast at Kartarpura 'food street' in Rawalpindi on May 30, 2018. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. / AFP / AAMIR QURESHI
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A charity association's members prepare the Iftar (breaking fast) meals during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in a stadium for orphans, widow and poor famillies in Blida west of the the capital Algiers, Algeria, May 24, 2018. Picture taken May 24, 2018. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
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A Bangladeshi volunteer prepares Iftar food for Muslim devotees before breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan at a shrine in Dhaka on May 27, 2018. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. / AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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A displaced Iraqi youth carries food provided by the Kuwaiti government for Iftar (fast breaking) meals in a mosque during the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Arbil, the capital of the Kurdish autonomous region in northern Iraq on May 27, 2018. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED
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A worker plates food at a charity kitchen in Idlib on May 19, 2018, as they prepare iftar meals for Muslim devotees breaking their fast which are to be distributed to impoverished families, displaced from Ghouta. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
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Syrian people walk in an poen air market as about eight hundred people prepare to break the Ramadan fast together in the city of Maarat Al-Numan in the Idlib province, on May 25, 2018. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
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An Indian Muslim prepares food before breaking the Ramadan fast at the Jama-e-Masjid Aiwan in Hyderabad on May 25, 2018. Muslims around the world are celebrating Eid al-Fitr marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan during which followers are required to abstain from food, drink and sex from dawn to dusk. / AFP / NOAH SEELAM
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Muslims eat their iftar (breaking fast) meal during the holy month of Ramadan at the Jama Masjid (Grand Mosque) in the old quarters of Delhi, India, May 30, 2018. REUTERS/Amit Dave
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A Syrian youth prepares "Qatayef", traditional pancakes that are popular during the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in the northern town of al-Bab on May 24, 2018. / AFP / Nazeer AL-KHATIB
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Am employee serves a Lebanese Iftar meal at a restaurant in the Babylon Mall in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on May 26, 2018. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
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TOPSHOT - A Bangladeshi volunteer prepares Iftar food for Muslim devotees before breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan at a shrine in Dhaka on May 27, 2018. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. / AFP / MUNIR UZ ZAMAN
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Pakistani residents wait to eat sehri before beginning their Ramadan fast at Kartarpura 'food street' in Rawalpindi on May 30, 2018. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. / AFP / AAMIR QURESHI
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Palestinian refugee vendors make traditional sweets during the holy month of Ramadan, in Al-Baqaa Palestinian refugee camp, near Amman, Jordan, May 29, 2018. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed
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Updated 01 June 2018
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Ramadan spirit: Iftar tables around the world

Photos of a spiritual atmosphere surrounding Iftar tables around the world in which people gather to break their fast together. The joy remains one despite the different rituals and traditions.