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Sprawling banquets for crowds of relatives have shrunk to modest meals for immediate family. Prayers in packed mosques now happen on Zoom. And nighttime jubilance is largely staying at home.

This is what Ramadan around the world looks like right now. https://nyti.ms/2x5Vpqy

A Ramadan Like No Other: Images From Around the World

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Muslims to adapt, observing the holy month more at home than in the mosque, more online than in person, and with greater uncertainty about the future.

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ISLAMABAD: Social distancing during Friday prayer https://nyti.ms/2Sa19XP

DEARBORN: The Masjid Al-Salaam mosque in Dearborn, Michigan, home to the largest Muslim population in America https://nyti.ms/2Sa19XP

NEW DELHI: The normally bustling courtyard of the Jama Masjid mosque in India’s capital https://nyti.ms/2Sa19XP

CAIRO: Distributing food to the needy, an important Ramadan tradition https://nyti.ms/2Sa19XP

KUALA LUMPUR: Housemates breaking fast together in Malaysia https://nyti.ms/2Sa19XP

See more images from photographers around the world of a Ramadan like no other https://nyti.ms/2Sa19XP

A Ramadan Like No Other: Images From Around the World

The coronavirus pandemic is forcing Muslims to adapt, observing the holy month more at home than in the mosque, more online than in person, and with greater uncertainty about the future.

https://nyti.ms/2Sa19XP

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