An aerial view shows Muslim pilgrims circumambulating the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on September 3, 2017, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. / AFP PHOTO / BANDAR ALDANDANI
An aerial view shows Muslim pilgrims circumambulating the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on September 2, 2017, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. / AFP PHOTO / Karim SAHIB
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on September 02, 2017 shows an aerial view (L) of on Mount Arafat, also known as Jabal al-Rahma (Mount of Mercy), taken on August 31, 2017, on Arafat Day which is the climax of the Hajj pilgrimage and the same view taken on September 2.
Arafat is the site where Muslims believe the Prophet Mohammed gave his last sermon about 14 centuries ago after leading his followers on the pilgrimage. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB
Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca on September 3, 2017, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB
Muslim pilgrims wait for their bus to depart from the holy Saudi city of Mecca after concluding their rites in the annual Hajj pilgrimagem, on the third day of Eid al-Adha, on September 3, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB
This aerial view taken on September 3, 2017 on the third day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage shows pilgrims leaving after throwing the final pebbles in the symbolic “stoning of the devil” ritual, in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB
This aerial view taken on September 3, 2017 on the third day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage shows pilgrims leaving after throwing the final pebbles in the symbolic “stoning of the devil” ritual, in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB
This long exposure photograph taken on September 3, 2017 on the third day of the annual Hajj pilgrimage shows pilgrims leaving after throwing the final pebbles in the symbolic “stoning of the devil” ritual, in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca. / AFP PHOTO / KARIM SAHIB