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| A Muslim prays at the top of Mount Noor during the annual hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. (REUTERS / Mohammed Salem) |
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| Saudis embroidering with gold thread blanket of silk, so-called Kisvu. This veil is used to cover the Kaaba. At the top of Kisvy band are embroidered with gold thread text from the end of the Hajj Korana.Po Kisvu replace - hang the new and the old cut into pieces and sold to pilgrims as sacred relics. (MUSTAFA OZER / AFP / Getty Images) |
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| Muslim with a rosary at the International Airport before heading to Mecca. (SAM PANTHAKY / AFP / Getty Images) |
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| Saudis in the newly opened Subway in Mecca. Metro Monorail, built by the Chinese, connects with the sacred cities of Mecca, Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifa. It was opened in early November, the beginning of the Hajj. During the launch of the metro was completed in 35%, mostly Saudis, who went on a pilgrimage. (AMER HILABI / AFP / Getty Images) |
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| Saudi special forces demonstrated their skills during a military parade, which took place in Makkah before Hajj. (MUSTAFA OZER / AFP / Getty Images) |
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| Saudi special forces on parade in Mecca. (MUSTAFA OZER / AFP / Getty Images) |
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| Saudi workers loaded bottles of water, "Zamzam in Mecca. According to Islamic belief, Zamzam - a wonderful source of water that appeared thousands of years ago by the will of God, when Abraham's son Ishmael, crying and suffering from thirst, hit the ground. Every year millions of pilgrims come to the well of Zamzam during the Hajj, to drink holy water. (MUSTAFA OZER / AFP / Getty Images) |
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| Thousands of tents with Muslim pilgrims in Mina, near Mecca. (AP Photo / Hassan Ammar) |
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| Muslim pilgrims go to the rocks of Arafat near Mecca. (AP Photo / Hassan Ammar) |
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| General view of the holy city of Mecca to Mount Noor. (MUSTAFA OZER / AFP / Getty Images) |
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