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Muslim worshippers gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Mecca to perform Eid al-Fitr prayers, marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan. IMAGES
Aerial view of Mecca's Grand Mosque, the clock tower, the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the centre, and Mount Arafat as the hajj winds down. IMAGES
Timelapse of thousands of Muslim worshippers circling around the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, during the fasting month of Ramadan. IMAGES
Dozens were injured after two cranes collapsed on top of five buildings in the west Netherlands town of Alphen aan den Rijn during a bridge restoration project on Monday.The cranes were lifting a section of the Queen Juliana bridge during a restoration project when one of the cranes tipped over from the weight, bringing the second crane down onto buildings nearby, according to The Guardian.
A school in central Nigeria collapsed on Friday killing at least 21 people, mostly pupils as they were sitting their exams. "We have about 69 injured casualties in four hospitals and also 21 dead," Red Cross spokesman Nuruddeen Hussain Magaji told AFP. SOUNDBITE