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Muslim pilgrims arrive at their camps in Mina where they will spend the night before heading to Mount Arafat. IMAGES
Shiite Muslim pilgrims gather around the Imam Hussein Shrine, Prophet Mohammed's grandson, in Iraq's central holy city of Karbala, as they mark the Arbaeen religious festival commemorating the seventh century killing of the Imam. IMAGES
Pilgrims arrive at Mount Arafat on the third day of Hajj, for the climax of the pilgrimage. The ritual is the high point of the annual pilgrimage, one of the five pillars of Islam, that officials say could be the biggest on record after three years of Covid restrictions. IMAGES
Muslim worshippers flock to the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Mecca to circumambulate the Kaaba ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. IMAGES
Shiite Muslim pilgrims march with flags en route to the holy city of Karbala from Iraq's southern province of al-Muthanna, ahead of the holiday of Arbaeen. Each year, pilgrims converge in large numbers to the Iraqi shrine cities of Najaf and Karbala ahead of Arbaeen, which marks the 40th day after Ashura. IMAGES
Mask-clad Muslim pilgrims throw pebbles as they "stone the devil" in the last major ritual of a scaled-back hajj due to coronavirus limits for a second year running. IMAGES
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