These are the last few days of Ramadan.
And it's in this holy month that I-S has urged its followers to launch attacks.
This call to action from late May - allegedly from IS spokesperson Abu Muhammad al-Adnani.
"Ramadan is coming, the month of attacks and jihad, the month of conquest. So be prepared and be on alert, and make sure that every one of you spends it in the name of God on the attack. May it be, God willing, be a month of calamity on the non-believers anywhere, especially by those soldiers and supporters of the caliphate in Europe and America."
Counter-terrorism expert Greg Barton says this Ramadan is particularly critical.
Islamic State is determined to keep its brand strong. As it loses territory, having just lost Fallujah, it's under a lot of pressure to show itself to be potent. So this Ramadan was a very important period for them. They've always attacked during Ramadan, even back before they formed the caliphate, when they were ISIS. But this time round we've seen an escalation of the cycle of violence over the last 10 months, which is likely to carry through the rest of this year. In short, the more they're under pressure, the more they'll push back."
It's been a month of bloodshed.
Just days into Ramadan - gunman Omar Mateen stormed Pulse nightclub in Orlando and killed 49 people.
Two weeks later - two suicide attacks in one day.
At least 38 killed in Yemen, by bombers distributing food for iftar and five killed in Lebanon by eight suicide bombers in two waves.
The next day, three attackers at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul, with guns and explosives kill 45 people and three days later 20 mostly foreign hostages were killed in Bangladesh.
And just yesterday in Baghdad - at least 142 dead (toll may go higher) - in twin bombings, targeting a bustling area.
Some of these attacks have been directed by I-S others inspired by them, crowdsourcing terror.
Professor Barton says they're not picky about who they claim as their own.
"It'll take anyone, even posthumously, and give them credit, if it can see some way of weaving that into its narrative. We saw that with Man Haron Monis in the Lindt cafe siege, of course. They figure that any publicity can be good publicity, if they manage it right."
I-S has claimed responsibility for Bangladesh's worst-ever terror attack, but their Interior Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says the link between I-S and the attacks isn't clear.
"You see this IS is a slogan. There is no existence of IS. These homegrown terrorists wants to contact with the IS, this is the main thing. But all are our homegrown, our nationals. It is not from other countries. It is all our nationals, our people."
But analysts say local militants may be taking on the banner of I-S for more recognition.
Authorities are trying to keep up.
In a Turkish court, 13 alleged I-S militants including three foreigners - have been remanded into custody, awaiting trial.
Twenty-seven have now been arrested in connection with the attack on Ataturk airport.
Outside the US consulate in Jeddah on the 4th of July - US Independence day, two policemen tackled a suicide bomber who only killed himself with his explosive.
And in Kuwait, authorities say they've foiled three planned attacks including one on a Shiite mosque an echo of a Ramadan bombing last year that killed 27.
But as the war with I-S continues on multiple fronts, Professor Barton warns this is just the beginning.
"This Ramadan is worse than last Ramadan, and sad to say, it's very possible that Ramadan 2017 may be more bloody than Ramadan 2016. This seems to be a trendline that we've got to reckon with."
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