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Pilgrims are shown from above around the cube-like Kaaba in Mecca walking on specified lines and carrying colored umbrellas.
Religion
PHOTOS: Very different, symbolic hajj in Saudi Arabia amid the coronavirus
A police officer wears a face mask to prevent contracting coronavirus, as Muslim pilgrims pray at Kaaba in the Grand mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Feb. 27, 2020.
Saudi Arabia imposes travel ban to Mecca over coronavirus
Every year, millions of Muslims from around the world descend upon Mecca, Saudi Arabia for the Hajj.
Religion
Politics complicate the hajj spiritual journey for some Muslims
Hajj cameras
Religion
All-seeing ‘eye’ watches over Mecca pilgrims
Belief
Pain lingers one year after Hajj tragedy in Saudi Arabia
An aerial view of the Haj pilgrimage in Mecca
Global Politics
“You’re not Muslims!” Iran and Saudi Arabia in new war of words.
Hajia Bilkisu Yusuf sits with former first lady, Laura Bush, at the National Center for Women's Development in Abuja, Nigeria, January 2006.
Belief
Lost in the Hajj stampede was a pioneering journalist who united Christians and Muslims
Tala Khudairi and Jack Lindsay are two of the pilgrims who appear in a new PBS documentary about the Hajj.
Belief
PBS goes on the Hajj with Muslim pilgrims from around Boston
A pilgrim participates in the cleansing ritual at Osun’s Sacred Grove during the festival of Osun-Osogbo.
6 incredible pilgrimages around the world
Lifestyle & Belief
First LGBT-friendly mosque opens in France
Lifestyle & Belief
During Hajj, some Ethiopian Muslims pilgrimage to local shrine
Mecca and the Modern Day Hajj
Lifestyle & Belief
The Boston-Jeddah Connection
Lifestyle & Belief
Slideshow: Bosnian Muslim Walking to Mecca for the Hajj
Arts, Culture & Media
Alternative Pilgrimage Destination for Ethiopians
Hajj Pilgrimage in the Midst of the Arab Spring
Lifestyle & Belief
Concerns over H1N1 at the Hajj
Arts, Culture & Media
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Lifestyle & Belief
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Arts, Culture & Media
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Lifestyle & Belief
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