Muslims worldwide mark first day of Ramadan

People hang festive lights for the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Old City, Aug 11, 2010. [Photo/Agencies]

People walk beneath festive lights and decorations hung for the holy month of Ramadan in Jerusalem's Old City, Aug 11, 2010. [Photo/Agencies]

A Muslim man reads the Koran on the first day of Ramadan at a mosque in the southern Spanish town of Estepona, near Malaga, Aug 11, 2010. Muslims around the world abstain from eating, drinking and conducting sexual relations from sunrise to sunset during Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. [Photo/Agencies]