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Muslim pilgrims arrive in Mina where they will spend the night before heading to pray on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma or Mount of Mercy, for the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage. More than a million Muslim pilgrims were in Mecca Friday for the start of a hajj pilgrimage held against the grim backdrop of the Gaza war and in exhausting summer heat. IMAGES
White-robed Muslim pilgrims pray and perform the "tawaf", the circumambulation of the Kaaba, at Mecca's Grand Mosque, ahead of Hajj. The hajj, which begins on June 14, is one of the five pillars of Islam and must be undertaken at least once by all Muslims who have the means to do so. IMAGES
The first batch of pilgrims performing the annual hajj have arrived at one of the gathering points in the Muslim holy city of Mecca before heading to the holy site. The kingdom seeks to repeat last year's success that saw no virus outbreak during the five-day ritual. IMAGES
Pilgrims perform the last major ritual of the hajj, the "stoning of the devil", in western Saudi Arabia, as Muslims the world over celebrate the Eid al-Adha holiday.Beginning at dawn, the 1.8 million Muslims undertaking the pilgrimage this year will throw seven stones at each of three concrete walls symbolising the devil in the Mina valley, located outside Mecca, the holiest city in Islam. IMAGES
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims flock to Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat, the climax of a hajj pilgrimage held in fierce summer heat. The ritual is the high point of the annual pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam. IMAGES TO COMPLETE VIDI34WP3UV_EN
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