Today in Pictures, March 23, 2023

First evening of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta; Milky Way galaxy from Tuban village in Badung, Indonesia, and other photos from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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Mar 23, 2023, 02:46 PM

Muslim women attending mass prayers known as tarawih on the first evening of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Istiqlal Mosque in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 22, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS

A long exposure photo showing the Milky Way galaxy star cluster over Tuban village in Indonesia’s resort island of Bali on March 23, 2023, during Nyepi, the day of silence, when Hindus do not work, travel or take part in any indulgence. PHOTO: AFP

Tourists and guests enjoying a soak at the Szechenyi Spa in Budapest, Hungary, on Feb 6, 2023. Hungary’s grand thermal baths are struggling to stay afloat, buffeted by rocketing energy bills. PHOTO: AFP

A Greenpeace installation showing a sport utility vehicle that crashed into the ground near Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate on March 22, 2023, as part of a protest against the German blockade of a European phase-out of combustion engines. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A worker drying vermicelli, which is used to make traditional sweet dishes popularly consumed during Ramadan, at a factory in Allahabad, in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, on March 22, 2023. PHOTO: AFP

A man looking at the polluted waters of the Las Vacas River, where informal workers salvage items from Guatemala’s largest landfill, ahead of World Water Day in Guatemala City on March 21, 2023. PHOTO: REUTERS

People decked out in traditional clothes taking part in a procession to celebrate the Gudi Padwa – the Marathi New Year – in Mumbai, India, on March 22, 2023. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

A police officer checking train cars at a border checkpoint during a sandstorm in the border city of Erenhot, in China’s northern Inner Mongolia region, on March 21, 2023. PHOTO: AFP

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