Pilgrims outside the Grand Mosque, where fans are installed to cool them as temperatures climb towards 45 degrees Celsius (113 degrees Fahrenheit) — Sajjad HUSSAIN Vast crowds of robed Muslim faithful ...

MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Muslim pilgrims wrapped up the Hajj in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the ...

In preparation for Hajj, the Kaaba in Makkah gets a new cloth cover every year—and 2025's Kiswa has been raised in Islam's holiest place on Earth. As part of the custom, the Kiswa is raised to a ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Around 2 million Muslims from around the world are beginning the five-day hajj pilgrimage on Saturday. They will circle Islam’s most sacred site, the cube-shaped ...

MOUNT ARAFAT, Saudi Arabia – Each year between 2 to 3 million Muslims from around the world take part in a five-day pilgrimage in Mecca called the hajj. They circle Islam's most sacred site, the ...

The spiritual crescendo of the Islamic calendar is underway as Saudi Arabia has officially sighted the crescent moon, marking the beginning of Dhul Hijjah 1446 and announced the final dates of Hajj ...

Once a year, large numbers of Muslim pilgrims converging on Saudi Arabia unite in religious rituals and acts of worship as they perform the Hajj, one of the pillars of Islam. They fulfill a religious ...

The Kaaba is a large black cubic structure at the centre of Mecca's Grand Mosque towards which Muslims turn to pray wherever they are in the world — FETHI BELAID The annual hajj pilgrimage, one of the ...

Huge crowds of pilgrims throng the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Islam's holiest site, as the biggest hajj in years gets under way in the searing Saudi Arabian heat ...