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(140629) — GAZA, June 29, 2014 (Xinhua) — Palestinian Muslims perform the “tarawih” prayer marking the first eve of Islam’s holy month Ramadan at al-Khaldi mosque on the beachfront north of Gaza City on June 28, 2014. Muslims around the world celebrate Ramadan, the holiest month, in the Islamic calender, in which they abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset. (Xinhua/Wissam Nassar)