Mecca is Islam’s holiest city and a focal point for followers of the faith, but it's also home to about 2 million people who live everyday life there. ... It’s the location of the Kaaba, ...

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MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — For Zainab Abdu, ... It’s the location of the Kaaba, the black, cube-shaped structure that Muslims around the world turn to five times a day when praying.

In Mecca, Saudi Arabia, the black cloth cover of the Kaaba — Islam’s holiest site — was replaced on Wednesday ahead of the Islamic New Year.

Muslim pilgrims pray in front of the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, June 25, 2023.

Muslim pilgrims pray around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, June 25, 2023. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil) ...

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, Islam's ...

The Kaaba is a cubical stone structure located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, the holiest site of Islam. In 8 AH (629-630 AD), Prophet Mohammad covered the Kaaba with a Yemeni cloth.

No matter where they are in the world, Muslims face toward the Kaaba during their daily prayers. Photos from this year's pilgrimage highlight the scale and impact of the Hajj. Contributing: The ...

Some 2 million Muslim pilgrims officially began the annual Hajj pilgrimage on Monday, making their way out of Mecca after circling Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba, and converging on a vast tent ...

Other rituals include performing “tawaf,” circumambulating, or circling the Kaaba in Mecca counterclockwise seven times. The Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure, is the focal point toward which ...