Muslim pilgrims pray on the "Mount of Mercy" on the Plain of Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters That’s despite the high costs of making the global journey.

Over 2 million Muslims will take part in this week's Hajj pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia, as one of the world's largest religious gatherings returns to full capacity ...

More than 1.83 million Muslims performed Hajj in 2024, including more than 1.6 million pilgrims from 22 countries, and around 222,000 Saudi citizens and residents, according to Saudi Hajj authorities.

Muslims across Minnesota are getting ready to celebrate Eid-al-Adha 02:01. Masses of pilgrims on Sunday embarked on a symbolic stoning of the devil in Saudi Arabia under the soaring summer heat.

Saudia has officially concluded its 2025 Hajj season operations with the departure of its final Hajj dedicated flight, SV5122 ...

Muslim pilgrims pray after casting stones at pillars in the symbolic stoning of the devil during the annual hajj, as it rains in Mina, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 17, 2024.

The League of Imams and Alfas in Ogun State has urged the 2025 Hajj pilgrims from the state to conduct themselves with utmost integrity and discipline while in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia ...

Pilgrims commence the final rites of Hajj as Muslims celebrate Eid al-Adha Dozens of Palestinians gathered Sunday morning near a destroyed mosque in Gaza's southern city of Khan Younis to perform ...

Muslim pilgrims walk around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 4, 2025.

Muslim pilgrims have wrapped up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the last circumambulation around the Kaaba, ...

Muslim pilgrims try to reach for free distributing drinking water in Arafat, on the second day of the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, June 15, 2024.

Saudi Arabia’s health minister, Fahd al-Jalajel, said that 83 percent of the 1,301 reported deaths involved pilgrims who lacked permits. “The rise in temperatures during the hajj season ...