Children celebrate the start of the holy month of Ramadan in Mosul, Iraq

Illuminated crescent marks preparations for the holy month of Ramadan on a hilltop in Ramallah, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank

Muslim Palestinian worshippers take part in the evening 'Tarawih' prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan by the Dome of the Rock on Al-Aqsa compound, known to Jews as Temple Mount, in Jerusalem's Old City

Palestinian vendor shows pickles that are displayed for sale, as people prepare for Ramadan, in the old city of Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank