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Saudi Arabia says this year's hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom. Ministry of Media/AP DUBAI, United Arab Emirates ...

When is Hajj 2025? Officials from Saudi Arabia confirm start date. T he period of Hajj is to begin on the eighth day of Dhul Hijjah and end on the thirteenth day, lasting five to six days.

Saudi Arabia has not commented on the death toll, but one list circulating online suggested at least 550 people died during the five-day Hajj. Hundreds died during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia ...

Saudi Arabia has announced that the annual Hajj pilgrimage will begin on June 4 after observatories confirmed the sighting of the crescent moon. The announcement was made on Tuesday by the kingdom ...

Muslim pilgrims prepare to enter the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, June 2, 2025. Credit: AP/Amr Nabil. By The Associated PressUpdated June 4, 2025.

Saudi Prince Al-Waleed bin Khaled bin Talal Al Saud, known as the 'Sleeping Prince', has passed away after being in a coma ...

Muslim pilgrims take a nap at the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Tuesday, June 3, 2025. Credit: AP/Amr Nabil High temperatures, adrenaline, and physical ...

In 2015 a stampede in Mina killed more than 2,400 pilgrims, the deadliest incident ever to strike the Hajj, according to an AP count. Saudi Arabia has never acknowledged the full toll of the stampede.

MINA, Saudi Arabia — Muslim pilgrims in Mecca circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, and then converged on a vast tent camp in the nearby desert, officially opening the annual Hajj ...

When is Hajj 2025? Officials from Saudi Arabia confirm start date. T he period of Hajj is to begin on the eighth day of Dhul Hijjah and end on the thirteenth day, lasting five to six days.

Deaths are not uncommon at the Hajj, which has seen at times over 2 million people travel to Saudi Arabia. There have also been stampedes and epidemics through the pilgrimage’s history.