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. ... During Hajj season, ...

MECCA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims have been streaming into Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the start of the Hajj later this week, as the annual pilgrimage returns to its ...

The Ministry of Tourism has closed 25 hospitality establishments in Makkah during July as part of intensified inspection campaigns to ensure regulatory compliance in the holy city, the ministry ...

Pilgrims leave after offering prayers outside at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, early Friday, June 14, 2024.

Some 2.5 million people are expected to make the Hajj pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest site in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, this week. Reuters. Amr Nabil/AP ...

Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 17, 2024.

Hajj takes place in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. With the final month of the Islamic calendar, Dhul Hijjah, on its way, some Muslims will prepare to make their way to Saudi Arabia to perform an obligatory ...

As preparations for the 2026 Hajj pilgrimage gather momentum, the Executive Chairman of the Kaduna State Pilgrims Welfare Agency, Malam Salihu Abubakar, has issued a strong warning to intending ...

What is Hajj and why is the annual pilgrimage to Mecca important to Muslims? Faithfuls attending this year's Hajj will have to contend with excess heat, a ban on children under the age of 12 and ...

Muslim pilgrims complete this year's Hajj as deadly triple-digit temps sear Mecca Dozens of pilgrims, including at least 41 Jordanian nationals, died of sunstroke in 116-degree Saudi heat.

During this year's Hajj period, daily high temperatures ranged between 46 degrees Celsius (117 degrees Fahrenheit) and 49 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit) in Mecca and sacred sites in and ...

SILVER SPRING, Md. (7News) — One Silver Spring, Md., woman told 7News she used the same travel company as the Bowie, Md., couple who died in Mecca while taking part in the Hajj earlier this ...