From dawn, crowds of Hajj pilgrims gathered in the valley of Mina, southeast of the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, to throw pebbles at pillars

More than 1.5 million pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the Five Pillars of Islam, against the backdrop of a tenuous ceasefire in the…

Millions of pilgrims arrive in Saudi Arabia for Hajj, circling the Kaaba in sweltering heat as faith, repentance and global uncertainty shape this sacred journey.

Symbolic act is final ritual of holy pilgrimage

Muslim faithful took part in the climactic ritual of the annual hajj pilgrimage on May 27, symbolically stoning the devil near Mecca.