See 12 of the week’s most interesting images from around the world, as selected by Washington Post photo editors.

However, the ministry did not clarify if the Saad followers will be able to hold the Ijtema in another venue next year ...

Bangladeshi police dismissed online rumours in December that a massive fire burned a neighbourhood near the site of the ...

This phase is being attended by devotees from 22 districts of Bangladesh, following the leadership of Maulana Zubayer Ahmed, the topmost leader of Tabligh Jamaat Bangladesh and the imam of Kakrail mos ...

Devotees climb on an overcrowded train to return home after attending the annual Muslim congregation Bishwa Ijtema in ...

An aerial drone photo shows the annual Muslim congregation Bishwa Ijtema in Tongi on the outskirts of Bangladeshi ...

Biswa Ijtema is one of the largest gatherings of Muslim devotees, held on the sandy banks of the Turag River in Tongi, just north of Dhaka, the capital. The event dates back to the 1950s when the ...

Muslim devotees gathered for the noon prayers on Friday during the Bishwa Ijtema, held on the outskirts of Dhaka. The event, ...

Tens of thousands of people gathered on a riverbank near Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to listen to sermons by Islamic ...

Muslim devotees pray during the first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, or the World Congregation of Muslims, at the banks ...

Islamabad, Pakistan – The flags of their nations planted on a table between them, Pakistan’s army chief, General Asim Munir, sat with Lieutenant General SM Kamrul Hassan, an officer in the ...