MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale.
MECCA , Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its monumental scale.Saudi officials say more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims have arrived in the country by Tuesday — the vast majority, by air — from across the world.
Bird’s-eye view of Muslim worshippers praying around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, on June 11, 2024, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. AFP PHOTOThe pilgrims included 4,200 Palestinians from the occupied West Bank who arrived in Mecca earlier this month, said the Palestinian Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs.
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