Pilgrims pray at Mecca's Grand Mosque as the annual hajj kicks off in the Muslim holy places in Saudi Arabia. — - More than 1.5 million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun ...

Pilgrims pray at Mecca's Grand Mosque as the annual hajj kicks off in the Muslim holy places in Saudi Arabia. - Copyright AFP/File Sanaullah SEIAM Pilgrims pray at ...

Muslim worshippers gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca — HAZEM BADER More than a million Muslim pilgrims poured into the holy city of ...

More than 1.6 million Muslims are taking part in the hajj pilgrimage this year - Copyright AFP - More than 1.6 million Muslims are taking part in the hajj pilgrimage ...

Iran vowed to take legal action against Saudi Arabia after more than 700 people were killed in a stampede at this year's hajj. The pilgrims suffocated or were trampled to death on Thursday when two ...

More than 1.5 million pilgrims joined Islam's most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off with the Saudi hosts scrambling to avoid last year's 1,000-plus deaths in ...

MECCA — More than a million worshippers were set to join Islam’s most important rite under a beating sun as the hajj pilgrimage kicked off Wednesday, with authorities scrambling to avoid last year’s 1 ...

Muslim worshippers gather around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in the holy city of Mecca Saudi security forces stand at attention beneath a portrait of Saudi Arabia's ...