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CLEAN : Special emergency forces heavily deployed across Mina
Blame shifted towards Saudi authorities on Friday after a stampede at the hajj killed at least 717 people in the worst tragedy to strike the annual Muslim pilgrimage in a quarter century (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)
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Pilgrims cover the Mount of Mercy as they participate in their Hajj.
Pilgrims cover the Mount of Mercy as they participate in their Hajj.
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An aerial view reviews a vast area of rows of white tents in Saudi Arabia.
An aerial view reviews a vast area of rows of white tents in Saudi Arabia.
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4k sunrise at Putra Mosque, Putrajaya.
4k sunrise at Putra Mosque, Putrajaya Malaysia. Tilt down
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4k sunrise at Putra Mosque, Putrajaya.
4k sunrise at Putra Mosque, Putrajaya Malaysia. Pan left
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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 : 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 : Dreams of hajj: Covid shatters hopes of elderly pilgrims
Samia Ahmed saved for 16 years for the hajj, but like many older Muslims she fears a second year of tight restrictions will prevent her from ever joining the great pilgrimage (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)
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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...
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VOICED: H1N1: One in ten Jordanian hajj pilgrims gets vaccinated
VOICED: H1N1: One in ten Jordanian hajj pilgrims gets vaccinated
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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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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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CLEAN: H1N1: One in ten Jordanian hajj pilgrims gets vaccinated
CLEAN: H1N1: One in ten Jordanian hajj pilgrims gets vaccinated
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CLEAN : Pilgrims perform rituals on last day of hajj
On the last day of hajj Thousands of Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar which symbolises stoning Satan, in a ritual called Jamarat the last and most dangerous rite of the annual hajj near the Saudi holy city of Mina (Footage by...
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CLEAN : Pilgrims perform rituals on last day of hajj
CLEAN : Pilgrims perform rituals on last day of hajj
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CLEAN : Somali livestock traders count losses after Hajj virus restrictions
The annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca is a time for celebration, not least among Somalia's livestock herders and traders who export millions of livestock to feed pilgrims (Footage by AFPTV via Getty Images)