SAUDI ARABIA: Muslims from across the world converge on Mecca for annual haj pilgrimage

Record ID: 189536

  • Title: SAUDI ARABIA: Muslims from across the world converge on Mecca for annual haj pilgrimage
  • Date: 2nd October 2014
  • Summary: MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA (OCTOBER 1, 2014) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF MUSLIM PILGRIMS CIRCLING KAABA VIEW OF PILGRIMS SEEN THROUGH STAR SHAPE MORE OF PILGRIMS CIRCLING KAABA TWO MEN LOOKING DOWN ON PILGRIMS VIEW OF KAABA SEEN THROUGH STAR SHAPE VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS MAN WATCHING PILGRIMS VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS CIRCLING KAABA MAN FILMING PILGRIMS ON HIS MOBILE PHONE CLOSE OF MOBILE PHONE PILGRIMS WALKING CLOSE OF MAN VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS RAISING THEIR HANDS PILGRIMS CIRCLING KAABA SEEN THROUGH STAR SHAPE VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS CIRCLING KAABA VARIOUS OF PILGRIM'S FEET
  • Embargoed: 17th October 2014 13:00
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  • Location: Saudi Arabia
  • Country: Saudi Arabia
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVAL2LIHS4L7QH6QB0RUTXRGVEU
  • Story Text: More than two million pilgrims have arrived in Mecca for the annual haj pilgrimage, the world's largest annual gathering of Muslims.
    Three million pilgrims were expected to visit Mecca this year, Saudi authorities say.
    On Wednesday (October 1), thousands of visitors could be seen wearing the simple white folds of cloth which are prescribed for Haj, and circling round the Kaaba at the mosque's centre.
    Haj is a religious journey that is viewed as one of the Muslim faith's greatest acts of worship.
    It occurs in the twelfth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, called Dhul-Hijjah.
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