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    Haj 2021 in pictures: Pilgrims follow COVID protocols at Mount Arafat

    All of this year's pilgrims are either residents or citizens of Saudi Arabia


    Published:  July 19, 2021 13:00 Nilanjana Javed, Senior Web Editor with inputs from agencies

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    An official checks the ID and permits of pilgrims as they arrive in the Mina area for the annual Haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 18, 2021.
    An official checks the ID and permits of pilgrims as they arrive in the Mina area for the annual Haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the second consecutive Haj limited to domestic pilgrims due to the coronavirus pandemic. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Pilgrims stand with their luggage as they arrive in the Mina area during the annual Haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 18, 2021.
    Pilgrims stand with their luggage as they arrive in the Mina. About 60,000 Muslims, selected by the authorities from 558,000 registered ones, will take part in the 2021 Haj season. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Mulism pilgrims pray next to Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Mecca, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage amid the COVID-19 pandemic, on July 19, 2021. - Muslim pilgrims gathered around Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Monday in the high point of this year's hajj, being held in downsized form and under coronavirus restrictions for the second year running. Just 60,000 people, all citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia, have been selected to take part in this year's hajj, with foreign pilgrims again barred.
    Muslim pilgrims ascended Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Monday in the high point of this year's hajj, being held in downsized form and under coronavirus restrictions for the second year running. Image Credit: AFP
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    Muslim pilgrims arrive at the plain of Arafat during the annual Haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of  Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 19, 2021.
    The hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam and a must for able-bodied Muslims with the means to travel at least once in their lifetime, is usually one of the world's largest religious gatherings. Image Credit: REUTERS/Ahmed Yosri
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    Mulism pilgrims pray on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Mecca, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage amid the COVID-19 pandemic,
    Mulism pilgrims pray on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), southeast of the holy city of Mecca, during the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Image Credit: AFP
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    Muslim pilgrims gather at the plain of Arafat during the annual Haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 19, 2021.
    Muslim pilgrims gather at the plain of Arafat during the annual Haj pilgrimage. The mask-clad faithful, who had spent the night in camps in the Valley of Mina, converged on Mount Arafat . Mount Arafat is the site where Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) gave his farewell sermon. Arafat day occurs the day before the start of Eid Al Adha. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    A Muslim pilgrim prays at the plain of Arafat during the annual Haj pilgrimage, outside the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 19, 2021
    Worshippers will assemble on the 70-metre (230-foot) high hill and its surrounding plain for hours of prayers and Quran recitals to atone for their sins, staying there until the evening. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Muslim pilgrims pray near the rocky hill known as Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, July 19, 2021. Tens of thousands of vaccinated Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site in Mecca on Sunday, but remained socially distanced and wore masks as the coronavirus takes its toll on the hajj for a second year running. What once drew some 2.5 million Muslims from all walks of life from across the globe, the hajj pilgrimage is now almost unrecognizable in scale.
    After sunset they head to Muzdalifah, halfway between Arafat and Mina, where they will sleep under the stars before performing the symbolic "stoning of the devil". Image Credit: AP
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    The scene was dramatically different to past pilgrimages, which have drawn up to 2.5 million people, and this year the mountain was free of the huge crowds that descend on it in normal years.
    The scene was dramatically different to past pilgrimages, which have drawn up to 2.5 million people, and this year the mountain was free of the huge crowds that descend on it in normal years. Image Credit: AFP
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    Labourers bring the new Kiswa, the protective cover that engulfs the Kaaba, made from black silk and gold thread and embroidered with Koran verses, in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on July 19, 2021 on the night before the start of the annual hajj pilgrimage. - The drape which engulfs the Kaaba is formally called Kiswa and is changed every year at the culmination of the annual hajj, or pilgrimage, when the pilgrims have left Mecca to go to Arafat, the starting point of their hajj journey.
    The Holy Kaaba gets a new Kiswa. Saudi workers carry the new Kiswa, the protective cover that engulfs the Kaaba, made from black silk and gold thread and embroidered with Quran verses. – Kiswa is changed every year at the culmination of the annual hajj, or pilgrimage, when the pilgrims have left Mecca to go to Arafat, the starting point of their hajj journey. Image Credit: AFP
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    Officials replace the new covering cloth of the holy Kaaba (Kiswa) during the annual Haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca.
    The Kaaba represents the metaphorical house of God and the oneness of God in Islam. Image Credit: REUTERS
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    Officials replace the new covering cloth of the holy Kaaba (Kiswa) during the annual Haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca.
    Observant Muslims around the world face toward the Kaaba during their five daily prayers. Image Credit: Saudi Press Agency/Handout via REUTERS

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