A Pilgrim's Progress

The Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
BAZUKI MUHAMMAD / REUTERS

The Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. Over two million pilgrims will come here over the course of the Hajj to walk seven times around the sacred Kaaba, an ancient stone room sheathed in black silk and cotton and embroidered in gold with Koranic verses

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