Editor's Choice Picture of the Day - September 24, 2012

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A Free Syrian Army soldier, right, looks through a mirror which helps him see Syrian troops from the other side, as he takes his position with his comrade during fighting, at the old city of Aleppo city, Syria, Monday Sept. 24, 2012. Most of those fighting the regime of President Bashar Assad are ordinary Syrians and soldiers who have defected, having become fed up with the authoritarian government, analysts say. But increasingly, foreign fighters and those adhering to an extremist Islamist ideology are turning up on the front lines. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Ramadan around the world

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan comes to an end on Saturday evening. We gathered up the most striking photos of the prayers, fasting, food and celebrations from around the world.

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A Palestinian man reads the Koran outside a mosque in the West Bank city of Jenin on the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan on July 20, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images/Saif Dahlah)

Editor's Choice Pictures of the Day - Egypt Celebrates Election Results - June 24, 2012

Tens of thousands packed into Tahrir Square in the largest celebration the protest hub has witnessed since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, to celebrate their new president-elect, Mohamed Morsi.

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Egyptians celebrate the election of their new president Mohamad Morsi in Tahrir Square on June 24, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Official election results today confirmed that Mohamed Morsi is to be the next president of Egypt. Morsi received over 13 million or 51.7% of the votes, while his main rival, former Prime Minister Ahmed Shafiq, received 48.27 percent.

 

AP Photo/Amr Nabil

Egyptians carry a poster showing newly-elect President Mohammed Morsi, in Tahrir Square, Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, June 24, 2012.

 

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Egyptians throw Islamic scholar Safwat Higazi, a supporter of new president-elect, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi during celebration at Tahrir Square, on June 24, 2012.

 

  REUTERS/Suhaib Salem

Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy pray after Morsy won the presidential election, at Tahrir Square in Cairo June 24, 2012.

 

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Egyptians celebrate the election of their new president Mohamad Morsi in Tahrir Square on June 24, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

 

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Supporters of Muslim Brotherhood's presidential candidate Mohamed Morsy celebrate his victory at the election at Tahrir Square in Cairo June 24, 2012.

 

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A supporter of the Muslim Brotherhood overcome by emotion is carried onto the stage as Egyptians celebrate the election of their new president Mohamad Morsi in Tahrir Square on June 24, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

 

AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI

Egyptians set off fireworks in Cairo's Tahrir Square as they celebrate the victory of the Muslim Brotherhood's candidate, Mohamed Morsi, in Egypt's presidential elections on June 24, 2012.

 

AFP PHOTO/MARWAN NAAMANI

Female Egyptian supporters of new president-elect, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, wave their national flag as they chant slogans in Cairo's Tahrir Square on June 24, 2012. Tens of thousands packed into Tahrir Square in the largest celebration the protest hub has witnessed since Hosni Mubarak's ouster, to celebrate Morsi winning Egypt's presidential elections.

 

AP Photo/Manu Brabo

Egyptians raise their hand for prayer as they celebrate the victory of Mohammed Morsi in the presidential election in Tahrir square, Cairo, Egypt,  June 24, 2012.

 

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Egyptians celebrate the election of their new president Mohamad Morsi in Tahrir Square on June 24, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt.

 

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Egyptian supporters of Muslim Brotherhood leader and new president-elect Mohamed Morsi, wave their national flag and flash the sign for victory as they arrive at Cairo's Tahrir Square, on June 24, 2012 to celebrate Morsi winning Egypt's presidential elections.

 

 

Editor's Choice - Picture of the Day - April 29, 2012

Muslim activists take part in a protest against pop singer Lady Gaga's upcoming June 3 concert in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 29, 2012. (AFP/Getty Images/Oscar Siagian)

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Editor's Choice - Picture of the Day - March 25, 2012

Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile wearing a Mexican sombrero as he arrives to give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico, Sunday March 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)

Editor's Choice - Picture of the Day - January 8, 2012

Elvis Priestley, a.k.a. Archbishop Dorian Baxter, held service today in his Christ the King, Graceland, an independent Anglican Church of Canada at the Legion in Newmarket. The ninth Elvis-themed ceremony happened to fall on what would have been Elvis' 77th birthday on Sunday. (Colin McConnell/Toronto Star)

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Editor's Choice - Picture of the Day - January 6, 2012

Christian Orthodox monks tour the Church of the Nativity in the biblical West Bank town of Bethlehem on January 6, 2012, as  Orthodox Christmas celebrations kicked off in the traditional birthplace of Jesus to the sound of bagpipes and protests by Palestinians accusing church leaders of selling land to Israelis. (AFP/Getty Images/Marco Longari)

Editor's Choice - Picture of The Day - December 5, 2011

A Pakistani Shiite Muslim flagellates himself in front of a white horse during a religious procession on the ninth day of holy Islamic month of Moharram in Lahore on December 5, 2011. Pakistan stepped up security across the country as minority Shiites began annual Ashura processions to commemorate the death of Imam Hussain, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammed, along with his close relatives and supporters in the Battle of Karbala in modern-day Iraq in the year 680. During the annual festival of Ashura, culminating on the 10th day of Moharram when Hussain died, Shiites parade in major cities, beating their chests and whipping their backs with flails. (AFP/Getty Images/Arif Ali)

Mass marriage in Ahmadabad, India

At top, an Indian Muslim bride, centre waves to her relatives during a mass marriage for 41 couple in Ahmadabad, India, Sunday, Nov. 20, 2011. Below, some of the brides display henna designs on their hands. Mass marriages are organized by social organizations primarily to help the economically backward families who cannot afford the high ceremony costs as well as the elaborate dowry which is customary in many communities. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Editor's Choice - Picture of the Day - November 18, 2011

People pray during a rally at Foley Square in New York November 18, 2011. Demonstrators are protesting against the reportedly heavy-handedness of New York Police Department (NYPD) and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) on Muslim communities and neighbourhoods in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, according to media reports. The protesters were joined by people affiliated with Occupy Wall Street. (REUTERS/Andrew Burton)