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CLEAN : Empty streets after Miami Beach shuts down hotels, enacts curfew
Miami Beach, a mecca for tourists, is all but empty after officials ordered the closure of all lodging establishments in an effort to fight the coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: Police check drivers at checkpoint in Mecca amid 24-hour curfew
Saudi police check drivers at a checkpoint in Mecca after the country imposed a full 24-hour curfew in the holy city to stem the spread of coronavirus as the number of deaths from the disease rising to 21 (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: streets leading to Mecca's holy sites still closed
Streets leading to the holy sites in Mecca are still closed by the police to stem the spread of the coronavirus (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Coronavirus: Deserted roads in the Saudi holy city of Mecca
Drone images show the roads of the Saudi holy city of Mecca deserted during the novel coronavirus pandemic crisis (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Aerial shots of Mecca's Grand Mosque empty on 1st day of Ramadan
FILE DRONE IMAGES of the Grand Mosque and its surrounding (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Hajj pilgrims take part in symbolic 'stoning of the devil'
Muslim pilgrims take part in the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ at the Jamarat Bridge in Mina, near Mecca, which marks the final major rite of the Hajj (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Muslim pilgrims take part in the symbolic 'stoning of the devil' (2)
Muslim pilgrims take part in the symbolic ‘stoning of the devil’ at the Jamarat Bridge in Mina, near Mecca, which marks the final major rite of the Hajj (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : FILE: Aerial shots of Mecca's Grand Mosque
Saudi Arabia will gradually resume the year-round umrah pilgrimage for Muslims from October 4, according to the interior ministry, seven months after it was suspended because of the coronavirus pandemic (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Saudi Arabia gradually resumes Umrah after months of suspension
After months of suspension due to the pandemic, Saudi Arabia has gradually resumed the year-round Umrah for a limited number of people (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Pilgrims arrive in Saudi days ahead of hajj
Pilgrims arrive to Jeddah two days before joining their tour operators which will take them to Mecca to start their hajj season (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Mecca: Pilgrims on buses heading to holy site
The first batch of pilgrims take buses to leave one of the gathering points in Muslim holy city of Mecca to head to the holy site and start the welcoming Tawaf (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : FILE: Hajj pilgrimage in the Saudi city of Mecca
Thousands of pilgrims perform Hajj in Islam's holiest city, Mecca (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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CLEAN : Hajj pilgrimage: muslims gather around the Kaaba shrine in Mecca
CLEAN : Hajj pilgrimage: muslims gather around the Kaaba shrine in Mecca
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CLEAN : Thousands of Muslims perform prayers in Mecca ahead of the Hajj
Thousands of Muslims gather at the sacred mosque Al Masijid al-Haram one day before Hajj in the Islamic holy city of Mecca (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
Bloomberg
Why is Mecca having an $80bn makeover?
Saudi Arabia’s government is spending billions of dollars to remodel Mecca, the home of Islam’s holiest site - the Kaaba. But as part of the redevelopment scores of old shrines have been destroyed
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CLEAN : White-robed worshippers pack Mecca's Grand Mosque for largest hajj of Covid era
White-robed Muslim worshippers perform the "tawaf", the circumambulation of the Kaaba, the large cubic structure draped in golden-embroidered black cloth that Muslims around the world turn towards to pray, during the biggest hajj...
Bloomberg
Jabal Omar Considering Expansion Plans
May.03 -- Jabal Omar CEO Yasser Al-Sharif discusses the company's expansion and diversification plans. He speaks on "Bloomberg Markets: Middle East."
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CLEAN : In smartphone age the hajj is for sharing
Arm outstretched, Abdul Rahman sweeps his mobile phone across the vista of Mecca the Great Mosque dazzling in the sun so his son in Tanzania can experience the pilgrimage to Islam's holiest sites
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VOICED: Hajj pilgrimage from your armchair
VOICED: Hajj pilgrimage from your armchair
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Saudi Arabia To Host Limited Hajj Pilgrimage Due To COVID-19
The Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah said this year's pilgrimage would be limited to Muslims already in the country.
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VOICED: Hajj pilgrimage from your armchair
VOICED: Hajj pilgrimage from your armchair
Bloomberg
Jabal Omar's Jeddah Project to Contribute Substantially to Growth, CEO Says
Feb.18 -- Yasir Alsharif, chief executive officer of Saudi Arabian property developer Jabal Omar Development Co., talks about the company's results and outlook. Jamal Omar returned to annual profit as unit-sales revenue increased....
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CLEAN : Curtailed hajj compounds Saudi economic woes
Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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VOICED: Pilgrims pour into Mecca as hajj begins
VOICED: Pilgrims pour into Mecca as hajj begins