Ramzan preparations from around the world

 Family members of the Srebrenica victims killed in July, 1995, will mark the first night of Ramadan at the memorial center Potocari, in front of the graves of killed Muslims from this small Bosnian town. Ramadan celebrations in Srebrenica are unlike anywhere else in the world. This is the only place where the living join the dead in prayer. 

 Bosnian Muslims offer a prayer during late night prayer for upcoming holy month of Ramadan, inside memorial room for Srebrenica massacre victims, at the memorial center Potocari, near Srebrenica, northeast of the Bosnian capital of Sarajevo. All Muslims return at the graveyard, paying respects to their dearest as the fasting begins.

 Chinese Muslims offer prayers as worshippers prepare to leave the worship hall on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan at the Niujie Mosque, the oldest and largest mosque in Beijing, China 

 A Chinese Hui Muslim man sits near the Nuijie Mosque on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Beijing, China. Muslims throughout the world mark the holy fasting month of Ramadan on Thursday, refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk.

 Indonesian Muslim men offer an evening prayer called "tarawih" marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. 

 Iranian look at the sky with binoculars for the new moon that signals the start of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, on top of the landmark, the Milad telecommunication tower, in Tehran, Iran

 Palestinians buy traditional Ramadan lanterns to celebrate the announcing of the holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City 

 Palestinian vendors decorate the market with lanterns and national flags celebrating the announcing of the holy month of Ramadan, in Gaza City.

 Workers prepare Chebakia pastries at the pastry AL Ghazi at El Fida, in Casablanca, Morocco

 Workers prepare sweets, at a market in Casablanca, Morocco. Many Moroccans flock to stores to buy food before the announcement of the beginning of the holy month. Muslims throughout the world mark the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, with dawn to dusk fasting.

 A Pakistani customer tries on a traditional cap for the upcoming Ramadan, at a shop in Peshawar, Pakistan 

 Muneebur Rehman People hold Muneebur Rehman, chief cleric of Pakistan's Moon Sighting Committee, during a moon sighting event for Ramadan in Karachi, Pakistan 

 Dervishes perform at the Galata Whirling Dervish Hall, founded in 1491 by Ottomans, in Istanbul, Turkey, during the holy month of Ramadan. 

 Pakistani Muslims walk near the Badshahi Mosque after 'Iftar', the time to break the fast, during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Lahore, Pakistan. 

 A Muslim woman prays after Iftar, the sunset meal when Muslims break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan, at the Jama Masjid mosque in New Delhi. 

 Hundreds of thousands of Muslims circle the Kaaba inside and outside the Grand Mosque during the month of Ramadan in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. 

 Muslims gather in the iconic Sultan Ahmed Mosque, better known as the Blue Mosque, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Turkey, late Wednesday, for the first 'taraweeh', nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan. Millions of Muslims around the world will mark the start of Ramadan on Thursday June 18, a month of intense prayer, dawn-to-dusk fasting and nightly feasts. Muslims follow a lunar calendar

 Muslims pray in the iconic Sultan Ahmed Mosque, better known as the Blue Mosque, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Turkey

Muslims pray in the iconic Sultan Ahmed Mosque, better known as the Blue Mosque, in the historic Sultanahmet district of Istanbul, Turkey, during the first 'taraweeh', nightly prayer of the month of Ramadan.