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Mount Arafat: Saudi ArabiaMuslim 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, next to July 19, 2021. Muslim pilgrims garoundhered around Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafaround 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.

Pilgrims flock to Mount Arafat in high point of hajj
MAKKAH: Pilgrims arrive at the Grand Mosque in this holy city at the start of the hajj season yesterday. - AFP nn

Pilgrims arrive in Makkah for second pandemic hajj
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