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Drone images show the sacred Kaaba, a cubic structure towards which Muslims around the world pray, as Saudi authorities partially resume the year-round umrah pilgrimage amid extensive health precautions after seven-month coronavirus hiatus. IMAGES
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes the umrah pilgrimage in Mecca during a visit to Saudi Arabia, his first since the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi drove a wedge between the Sunni powers. IMAGES
The first groups of Muslim pilgrims arrive to Mecca's Kaaba as they begin the annual hajj, dramatically downsized this year as the Saudi hosts strive to prevent a coronavirus outbreak during the five-day pilgrimage. IMAGES
Aerial view of Mecca's Grand Mosque, the clock tower, the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site in the centre, and Mount Arafat as the hajj winds down. 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
Timelapse of thousands of Muslim worshippers circling around the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, during the fasting month of Ramadan. IMAGES