Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage October 10, 2013.
A general view shows the new raised walkway installed around the Kaaba (top-R) so people with disabilities can circle around the holy shrine to perform the Tawaf, which is part of the hajj pilgrimage.
Muslim pilgrims pray at the walls of the Kaaba as others circumambulate around the cubic building at the Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday, Oct. 11. 2013.
Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Thor in the holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage October 11, 2013.
Muslim piligrims pray on Mount Arafat, near the holy city of Mecca, ahead of the hajj main ritual, on October 14, 2013.
Muslim pilgrims throw pebbles at pillars during the "Jamarat" ritual, the stoning of Satan, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, on Tuesday.
Muslim pilgrim has his head shaved after casting pebbles at a pillar that symbolizes Satan during the annual hajj pilgrimage, on the first day of Eid al-Adha.
An Indian Muslim vendor handles a goat at a livestock market in Hyderabad on Tuesday, ahead of the Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha.
Muslims offer Eid al-Adha prayers at the ruins of the Feroz Shah Kotla mosque in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Indonesian muslims sit on 'sea of sands' as they prepare for Eid Al-Adha prayer at Parangkusumo beach on Tuesday.
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