Pictures of the Day: Monday, Dec. 08, 2008

More than two million Muslim pilgrims head to pray at the Grand mosque in
Mecca. Today is the first day Eid al-Adha, a holiday commemorating the
willingness of biblical patriarch Abraham to sacrifice his son for God.
Ahmed Jadallah / Reuters

Pilgrimage to Mecca

More than two million Muslim pilgrims head to pray at the Grand mosque in Mecca. Today is the first day Eid al-Adha, a holiday commemorating the willingness of biblical patriarch Abraham to sacrifice his son for God.