Today in Pictures, May 24, 2018

Muslims observing the holy month of Ramadan in Indonesia, a preview of the annual Azuma Odori Dance Festival in Japan, and other pictures from around the world in Today in Pictures.

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May 24, 2018, 04:05 PM

Students from Ar-Raudhatul Hasanah Pesantren read the Koran during the holy fasting month of Ramadan in Medan, Indonesia on May 23, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

Indonesian Muslims read the Koran at a Mosque in Bandung, West Java, on May 23, 2018, during the month of Ramadan. Muslims throughout the world are marking the month of Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar during which devotees fast from dawn till dusk. PHOTO: AFP

Children play with a busted water hose as a fire engulfes a slum area in Manila on May 23, 2018. The fire destroyed 200 houses affecting 300 families according to local media. PHOTO: AFP

Geishas, traditional Japanese female entertainers, perform their dance during a press preview of the annual Azuma Odori Dance Festival at the Shinbashi Enbujo Theater in Tokyo, Japan, May 23, 2018. PHOTO: REUTERS

A bird rests on the head of a white-tailed deer roaming free in San Jose Villanueva, 25 km southwest of San Salvador, El Salvador, on May 21, 2018. PHOTO: AFP

Brandon Lofgreen (left) stands beside Thomas Robinson as he kicks a hole through recently hardened lava from a Kilauea volcano fissure that flowed over a street in the Leilani Estates neighborhood, near Pahoa, Hawaii, May 22, 2018. Since early May, the earth has split open and lava has spewed hundreds of feet into the air and over parts the southeast Puna district of Hawaii’s Big Island. At least 1,700 people have been evacuated, and many homes have been consumed by fire. PHOTO: THE NEW YORK TIMES

A boy looks at a six-metre tall luminescent puppet, operated by ten performers, during a preview of Vivid Sydney, promoted as the world’s largest festival of light, music and ideas, in Sydney, Australia, May 23, 2018. The festival will run for 23 days, starting on May 25. PHOTO: REUTERS

A worker hangs dolls' bodies to dry and checks them in sex dolls factory in Dongguan, Guandong Province, China, April 24, 2018. Shenzhen Atall Intelligent Robot Technology is one of China's leading companies for robots equipped with AI (artificial intelligence). Among the company’s various AI robot products, its best-selling is an AI sex robot named Emma. The multi-functional machine is linked to the internet and Android operating system and features high stimulation capabilities. PHOTO: EPA-EFE

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