Muslim pilgrims are converging on saudi arabia’s holy city of mecca for the largest hajj since the coronavirus pandemic severely curtailed access to one.

Muslim pilgrims pray around the kaaba, islam’s holiest shrine, at the grand mosque in the holy city of mecca on june 22, 2023, as they arrive for the annual hajj pilgrimage.

Water mist is sprayed on muslim pilgrims as they walk towards the rocky hill known as the mountain of mercy, on the plain of arafat, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of mecca, saudi arabia, tuesday, june 27, 2023.

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Russian pilgrim artur aslanov, left, chats with egyptian pilgrim muhammed ahmed, outside the grand mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, in mecca, saudi arabia, saturday, june 24, 2023.

One of the largest gatherings on earth, the annual.

Muslim pilgrims pray around the kaaba,.

Once you get to mecca, there are two rituals which you can perform;

Here’s how muslims perform the rituals of hajj every year, following an ancient example.

Some muslims make the.

Many pilgrims fly to jeddah, and then travel to mecca by bus.

Hajj is the annual islamic pilgrimage to mecca in saudi arabia that is required once in a lifetime of every muslim who can afford it and is physically able to make it.

Inside the hajj, one of earth's largest gatherings.

Islamic pilgrims camp near the holy city of mecca, in what is now saudi arabia, in 1917.

It is one of the five pillars of islam and a religious duty central to muslim belief.

(afp) pilgrims are forbidden from cutting their hair, trimming their nails or engaging in sexual intercourse while in the state of ihram.

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The lesser pilgrimage or umra, and the main pilgrimage or.