From the centuries-old Chawkbazar market in Bangladesh to the streets of New Delhi's resplendent Jama Masjid, evening crowds are tempted by the scent of syrupy sweets and hefty rice plates, as more than half a billion Muslims across southern Asia break the day's Ramadan fast
Muslim devotees buy food at a market on the first day of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Dhaka. Image: Munir uz zaman / AFP
Mosques and market streets teem with evening crowds tempted by the scent of syrupy sweets and hefty rice plates, as more than half a billion Muslims across southern Asia break the day's Ramadan fast.
The Islamic holy month began over the weekend and during that time believers abstain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sexual relations between sunrise and sunset.