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Ramadan kicks off in much of Middle East amid soaring prices

People shop for the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, April 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) People receive free food being distributed ahead of Iftar, the evening meal breaking the Ramadan fast, at the Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 2, 2022. Muslims throughout the world are marking the Ramadan -- a month of fasting during which observants abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) People receive free food being distributed ahead of Iftar, the evening meal breaking the Ramadan fast, at the Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 2, 2022. Muslims throughout the world are marking the Ramadan -- a month of fasting during which observants abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) People receive free food being distributed ahead of Iftar, the evening meal breaking the Ramadan fast, at the Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, April 2, 2022. Muslims throughout the world are marking the Ramadan -- a month of fasting during which observants abstain from food, drink and other pleasures from sunrise to sunset. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) A volunteer cleans the main gate of a mosque ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Peshawar, Pakistan, Saturday, April 2, 2022. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk — began at sunrise Saturday in much of the Middle East, where Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and food prices soaring. (AP Photo/Muhammad Sajjad) A woman is helped to take shower in the Cisadane River on the first evening of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Tangerang, Indonesia, Saturday, April 2, 2022. Muslims followed local tradition to wash in the river to symbolically cleanse their soul prior to entering the holiest month in Islamic calendar. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) People bathe in the Cisadane River on the first evening of the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Tangerang, Indonesia, Saturday, April 2, 2022. Muslims followed local tradition to wash in the river to symbolically cleanse their soul prior to entering the holiest month in Islamic calendar. (AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana) Volunteers clean the main hall at a mosque ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, April 2, 2022. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk — began at sunrise Saturday in much of the Middle East, where Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and food prices soaring. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Volunteers clean the main hall at a mosque ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Karachi, Pakistan, Saturday, April 2, 2022. The Muslim holy month of Ramadan — when the faithful fast from dawn to dusk — began at sunrise Saturday in much of the Middle East, where Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sent energy and food prices soaring. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan) Muslim worshippers perform a night prayer called 'tarawih' during the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Turkey at Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) Muslim worshippers perform a night prayer called 'tarawih' during the eve of the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan in Turkey at Hagia Sophia mosque in Istanbul, Turkey, Friday, April 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel) FILE - Indonesian Muslims pray spaced apart as they practice social distancing to curb the spread of the new coronavirus during an evening prayer called "tarawih" marking the first eve of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia. on April 12, 2021. Millions of Indonesian Muslims were divided over the start of Ramadan this year, with the government declaring it would begin Sunday, April 3, 2022, while the country's second-largest Islamic group said it would begin Saturday, April 2.(AP Photo/ Achmad Ibrahim, File)