Muslim pilgrims collect pebbles at Muzdalifah late on June 5, 2025 during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage, which they will throw later the following days during the Stoning of the Devil ritual ...

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Muslims will soon welcome a new lunar year in what's known as the Hijri calendar. The Hijri New Year, beginning on the first ...

This hajj season has recorded the lowest number of pilgrims in over three decades, barring the years of Covid restrictions from 2020-2022. Last year, 1.8 million Muslims took part in the hajj ...

CAIRO — Three Spanish pilgrims performing the Hajj in Saudi Arabia rode on horseback to Mecca, traveling thousands of kilometers in snow and rain and along a path they said had not been trekked ...

Muslim pilgrims walk to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual Hajj, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 7, 2025.

Muslim pilgrims walk to cast stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil, the last rite of the annual Hajj, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 7, 2025.