In this photo released by the Saudi Media Ministry, officials prepare for the arrival of pilgrims in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, by simulating the first rites of hajj around Islam’s holiest site, the ...

One of the largest gatherings of religious pilgrims in the world, the hajj, begins Friday in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. More than two million Muslim men, women and children will assemble to honor the ...

(Saudi Arabia General Presidency of the Grand Mosque and the Prophet’s Mosque) The black stone of the Kaaba in Mecca. A close up image of the black stone of the Kaaba in Mecca.

Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Hajj 2024: Significance behind sacred Muslim ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Masses of Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca on Thursday circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, a day before heading to the nearby desert area of Mina to… ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia - As a child, Osama al-Bar would walk from his home past Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, to the market of spice and fabric merchants where his father owned a store. At that ...

A Muslim pilgrim prays on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015 during the hajj pilgrimage.

Cairo: The covering cloth of the Holy Kaaba, which Muslims around the world direct in their prayers, is displayed for the first time outside the Saudi city of Mecca. The elaborately decorated ...

Saudi Arabia: Watch the ceremonial washing of Holy Kaaba in Mecca at the Grand Mosque Mixture of Zamzam and rose water used in annual washing of Kaaba Last updated: August 03, 2023 | 14:19 ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims in Mecca in Saudi Arabia are circling the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, as they prepare for the official start of the Hajj. The pilgrimage is one of ...