Muslims mark the start of Ramadan and more

A Palestinian youth hangs decorative lights at a shop in East Jerusalem on 16 February 2026, as Muslims prepare for the holy fasting month of Ramadan.

Malaysia's religious department members use a telescope to perform 'Rukyah', the sighting of the new moon to mark the start of Islam's holy month of Ramadan in Kuala Lumpur on 17 February 2026.

A man hangs decoration ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in Beirut, Lebanon, on 16 February 2026.

A Muslim woman prays near the grave of a relative at a cemetery before the start of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Surabaya on 16 February 2026.

A reveler performs during the Batalla de Flores (Battle of Flowers) carnival parade in Barranquilla, Colombia on 14 February 2026.

Men perform molten iron fireworks in a park in Beijing on 15 February 2026 ahead of the Lunar New Year of the Horse.

Racing pigeons take off as a cage mounted on a vehicle is opened at the start of a race in Basra, Iraq, on 15 February 2026.

The art installation “Threads of Life” by Japanese artist Chiharu Shiota, made from hundreds of keys suspended in a web of red thread symbolising human connection and memory, at the Hayward Gallery in London on 16 February 2026.

This aerial photograph shows a house surrounded by water in the village of La Reole flooded by the Garonne river, south-western France, on 17 February 2026.

Bangladeshi men unload buckets of sand on their heads from a cargo ship along the shore of the Buriganga River in Dhaka on 15 February 2026.