A man takes a nap on the floor of a mosque amid physical distancing markings while waiting for the time to break their fast during the first day of Ramadan in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, April 13, 2021. Muslims began marking Ramadan with communal prayers Tuesday in a socially distanced contrast to the empty mosques of a year ago when Islam's holiest month coincided with the start of the coronavirus pandemic. - AP
JAKARTA, April 13, 2021 (AFP): Surging coronavirus cases in many parts of the world overshadowed the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan on Tuesday, with festivities curtailed by contagion fears.
Europe, the worst-hit continent, passed the threshold of one million coronavirus deaths, while South Asian countries battle a spiralling outbreak of the disease that has crippled the global economy.
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