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The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca

The annual pilgrimage, one of Islam's five pillars, draws 3 million each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world. Believers from all over the world travel to Mecca in Saudi Arabia

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9 November: Muslim pilgrims perform the tawaf - the walk around the Kaaba seven times - at the Grand Mosque in Mecca Photograph: Mustafa Ozer/AFP/Getty Images

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