Gallery: Hajj 2015

Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) ahead of the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 10 September 2015 (AA)

A Muslim man carries his daughter on his shoulders as he circumambulates with thousands of worshippers around the Kaaba, Islam's holiest site, located in the center of the Masjid al-Haram (Grand Mosque) ahead of the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 15 September 2015 (AA)

Muslim pilgrims visit the Jabal al-Nour (al-Noor mountain) and Cave Hira ahead of the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on September 14, 2015. Cave Hira is where Prophet Muhammad is believed to have received the first revelations of the Quran. It's a small cave about 3.5 meters long and a little over 1.5 meters wide located at the top of Jabal al-Nour near Mecca, in the Hejaz region of Saudi Arabia (AA)

Muslim pilgrims perform their prayer as they visit the Jabal al-Nour (al-Noor mountain) and Cave Hira ahead of the start of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 14 September 2015 (AA)

Prospective pilgrims climb Jabal Thawr, a mountain which is notable for housing a cave known as Ghar al-Thawr, in which Prophet Muhammad and his companion Abu Bakr hid from their persecutors during their migration to Medina 17 September 2015 (AA)

Muslim pilgrims visit Mount Arafat, also called Jabal al-Rahmah (Mount of Mercy), as they take part in the hajj rituals in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 16 September 2015 (AA)

Pilgrims on their way to Jamarat to stone the devil as part of the annual Islamic Hajj pilgrimage during the first day of Eid Al Adha in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on 24 September 2015 (AA)