Public iftar in Iraq’s Kirkuk as end of Ramadan approaches People gather for a public iftar, the fast-breaking sunset meal, in Iraq’s disputed city of Kirkuk ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival later this week marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The oil-rich northern province of Kirkuk has an ethnically mixed population -- majority Kurdish but with sizeable Arab and Turkmen minorities. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES