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Journey to Mecca: Scenes from the haj pilgrimage

Some one million Muslims are expected to attend the 2022 haj pilgrimage season after two years of major disruption caused by the COVID pandemic.

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Journey to Mecca: Scenes from the haj pilgrimage

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  1. Journey to Mecca: Scenes from the haj pilgrimage

  2. A Muslim pilgrim visits Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  3. Muslim pilgrims visit Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  4. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  5. Muslim pilgrims pray on Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 4, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  6. Muslims pilgrims sleep on the Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  7. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 1, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  8. A Muslim pilgrim prays on the Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  9. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  10. The Sun sets ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  11. A Muslim pilgrim cries next to the Station of Ibrahim "Maqam Ibrahim" in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 1, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  12. Muslims pilgrims walk outside  the Grand mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 5, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  13. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  14. Muslim pilgrims visit Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  15. Muslims pilgrims pray on the Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2022.   REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  16. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand mosque in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia July 1, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  17. Volunteer Abdulrahman al Maani distributes watermelon to pilgrims leaving for Mecca for Haj, in Maan, Jordan, June 28, 2022. REUTERS/Muath Freij

  18. A Muslim pilgrim visits Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  19. Workers prepare the Kiswa, a silk cloth that covers the Kaaba, the sacred building at the centre of the Grand Mosque, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, at a factory in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  20. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  21. Muslim pilgrims visit Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  22. Muslim pilgrims visit Mount Al-Noor, where Muslims believe Prophet Mohammad received the first words of the Koran through Gabriel in the Hira cave, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 4, 2022.  REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

  23. Muslim pilgrims circle the Kaaba and pray at the Grand Mosque ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, July 6, 2022. REUTERS/Mohammed Salem

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