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A pilgrim offers prayers at Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Abdulrahman Alshalhoub/AN)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat to offer prayers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Abdulrahman Alshalhoub/AN)
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Muslims offer prayers on top of Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (AFP)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat to offer prayers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Abdulrahman Alshalhoub/AN)
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A pilgrim prays on top of Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (AFP)
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Muslims offer prayers on top of Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (AFP)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat to offer prayers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Abdulrahman Alshalhoub/AN)
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Muslims offer prayers on top of Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (AFP)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat to offer prayers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Abdulrahman Alshalhoub/AN)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat to offer prayers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Abdulrahman Alshalhoub/AN)
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Muslims offer prayers on top of Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (AFP)
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A pilgrim offers prayers on top of Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (AP)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat to offer prayers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Abdulrahman Alshalhoub/AN)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat to offer prayers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Abdulrahman Alshalhoub/AN)
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Muslims offer prayers on top of Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (AP)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat to offer prayers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Reuters)
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Muslim pilgrims use their mobile phones to read chapters from the Holy Qur’an atop Mount Arafat on June 5, 2025. (AP)
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Pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat to offer prayers during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Reuters)
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A pilgrim offers prayers on top of Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (AP)
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Pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Reuters)
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Pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat during the annual Hajj pilgrimage on June 5, 2025. (Reuters)
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Hajj 2025: Pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat

Updated 05 June 2025
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Hajj 2025: Pilgrims pray at Mount Arafat

Muslim pilgrims gathered to pray atop Mount Arafat on Thursday during the high point of the annual Hajj pilgrimage.

Hajj is the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah that is required once in a lifetime of every Muslim who can afford it and is physically able to do it.

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