Millions of Muslims have gathered in Mecca, marking the beginning of the five-day Hajj pilgrimage —the world's largest annual religious gathering. It is year 1446 in the Islamic calendar. Pilgrims are ...

Over 2,300 pilgrims died in 2015 when a stampede broke out during the stoning of the devil ritual. It is Islam's holiest pilgrimage, but the hajj to Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which begins on ...

Muslim pilgrims pray atop rocky hill known as the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat, during the annual Hajj ...

Merchant has gone for Hajj seven times, both as a guide and a traveller. He was there in 2015 when a stampede ended the lives of 2,400 travellers, a catastrophic death toll even in a setting with ...

Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj -- the "stoning of the devil" -- on Friday, as Muslims around ...

Pilgrims were set to perform the last major ritual of the hajj—the “stoning of the devil” —on Friday, as Muslims around the ...

A stampede at the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia has left at least 244 people dead, the largest number killed at the event since 1997. The Hajj minister, Iyad Madani, said a comparable number of ...

Saudi Arabia's Hajj overhaul includes policy updates and high-tech safety measures following last year's heat deaths.

He said the stampede started when two groups of pilgrims ... Shaheen Essop, president of the SA Hajj and Umrah Council, which interacts with the Saudi government on behalf of local pilgrims ...

Here are some incidents that have marred the centuries-old pilgrimage: - Stampedes - The worst hajj disaster ever took place in 2015, when a stampede during the stoning of the devil ritual in Mina, ...

A stampede in 2015 killed more than 2,400 people according to the Associated Press. For years, experts have warned that climate change in Saudi Arabia could cause Hajj pilgrims to encounter ...

Over 1.7M Muslims share moving stories after Hajj in Mecca, describing unity, renewal, and the profound impact on their lives ...