1.5 Million Pilgrims Head to Mecca for Annual Hajj: Video

Enormous crowds of worshippers thronged Mecca, Islam's holiest city, on Friday for the biggest Hajj pilgrimage in years, with more than two million expected to brave the scorching Saudi Arabian heat. Pilgrims in white robes and sandals packed the ancient city, now dotted with luxury hotels and air-conditioned shopping malls, after flooding in on planes, buses and trains for the annual rites. This year's Hajj — one of the world's biggest annual ...

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