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A very small number of people circled the Kaaba in Mecca on Sunday after Saudi Arabia lifted coronavirus restrictions that had been in place for months.

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It is the first time in nearly a century that people from outside Saudi Arabia will not take part in the five-day pilgrimage.

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Saudi Arabia’s bold, swift response to COVID-19 is a lesson to western countries, and means that there are - so far - minimal cases and only one death in the country.

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The pilgrimage is one of the five pillars of Islam and all able-bodied Muslims are required to make the journey at least once in their life.

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French government ministers have tweeted their support for the teenager after some social media users called for him to be decapitated.

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They've been hurling pebbles at a giant wall in a symbolic stoning of the devil. It's the riskiest stage of the annual haj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia where hundreds died in a crush three years ago

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Watch: The religious five-day festival is one of the principal holidays in the Muslim calendar.

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More than two million Muslims began the annual haj pilgrimage at first light on Sunday in Saudi Arabia, circling the cube-shaped Kaaba in Mecca that Islam's faithful face five times each day during their prayers.

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Around two million Muslims are in Mecca in Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj that is a sacred duty for all followers of Islam to attend if possible

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#Mosquemetoo launched on Twitter to denounce the sexual harassment of Muslim women during the Hajj pilgrimage is going viral.

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Trouble-free "stoning of the Devil" takes place in Mina as Hajj reaches halfway stage in Mecca.

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