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Published: 16:00, July 07, 2022 | Updated: 18:52, July 07, 2022
Muslim pilgrims in Mecca for first post-pandemic hajj
By Wang Zhan
Published:16:00, July 07, 2022 Updated:18:52, July 07, 2022 By Wang Zhan

Pilgrims gathered in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on Thursday for prayers on the first day of hajj — a mandatory religious duty for Muslims that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime. 

This year, Saudi Arabia is expected to receive one million Muslims to attend the hajj pilgrimage, after two years of a scaled-down hajj restricted to Saudi residents.

Graphic on the annual hajj, a key pillar of Islam that all able-bodied Muslims are required to perform at least once. (GAL ROMA, LAURENCE CHU / AFP)

A general view of the Grand Mosque is seen through the fence of the Clock Tower during the Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on July 6, 2022. (AMR NABIL / AP PHOTO)

A general view of the Kabba at the Grand Mosque is seen during the Hajj pilgrimage in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on July 6, 2022. (AMR NABIL / AP PHOTO)

Muslim pilgrims circumambulate around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, July 5, 2022. (AMR NABIL / AP PHOTO)

Pigeons surround pilgrims outside the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on July 5, 2022. (AMR NABIL / AP PHOTO)

Muslim pilgrims pray around the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque, in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on July 6, 2022, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. (CHRISTINA ASSI / AFP)

A worker at the Mecca Grand Mosque wipes copies of the Holy Koran to be ready for worshippers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on July 6, 2022. (AFP)

A Muslim woman worshipper reads from the Holy Koran at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on July 6, 2022 during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. (AFP)

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