In this photo taken using a slow shutter speed, Muslim women offer an evening prayer called 'tarawih,' marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, Wednesday. During Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking, and sex from dawn to dusk. Dita Alangkara/AP
Kanwarias, devotees of Hindu god Lord Shiva, arrive to fill their pots with the water from the Ganga river in Allahabad, India, Wednesday. Hundreds of Kanwarias carry holy water from Ganga to a temple of Lord Shiva and pray for the betterment of their family and society. Jitendra Prakash/Reuters
An instructor from the Ujamaa self-defense program trains a group of women to protect themselves against rape at Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum in Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday. Across Nairobi, more than 200 elderly women, up to age 105, are learning self defense. Rape is widespread in Kenya, particularly in its slums. Siegfried Modola/Reuters
People from the New England Kurdish Association hold pictures of Keith Broomfield outside the Grace Baptist Church in Hudson, Mass., following a funeral service for Broomfield Wednesday. Broomfield was killed in Syria while fighting the Islamic State group. Michael Dwyer/AP