Select Pictures of Haj, 2010
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A Muslim pilgrim prays at the top of Noor Mountain, on the outskirts of Mecca, on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2010. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) #

A general view shows the holy city of Mecca, as seen from the top of Noor mountain, late on November 13, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

Thousands of tents housing Muslim pilgrims are crowded together in Mina near Mecca, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Muslim pilgrims walk past construction outside the Grand Mosque during the annual Hajj in Mecca, on Friday, Nov. 12, 2010.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Saudi Arabian men ride on the newly-opened Holy Sites metro light rail in Mecca on November 2, 2010. The Chinese-built monorail project, will link Mecca with the holy sites of Mina, Arafat and Muzdalifah, and will operate for the first time during the Hajj this month at 35 percent capacity to ferry Saudi nationals who will take part in the upcoming annual Muslim pilgrimage.

(AMER HILABI/AFP/Getty Images)

Muslim pilgrims are seen on their way towards a rocky hill called Mount Arafat, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca, on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

An ambulance is parked among thousands of Muslim pilgrims praying near the Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, southeast of the holy city of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran.

(MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat near Mecca, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Pilgrims fill the streets in prayer, near Namira mosque in Arafat, on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

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A Muslim man visits the Hiraa cave on Noor mountain late on November 13, 2010 during the annual Hajj. According to tradition, Islam's Prophet Muhammad received his first message to preach Islam in the Hiraa cave.

(MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

A Muslim pilgrim holds his daughter on Mount Arafat on the plains of Arafat, outside the holy city of Mecca on November 15, 2010.

(REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

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Pilgrims pray on the side of Mount Arafat, near Mecca, on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) #

A Muslim pilgrim reads the Quran at Mount Al-Noor during the annual Hajj on November 11, 2010. (REUTERS/Mohammed Salem) #

Muslims on the Hajj pilgrimage take a rest in Mina near Mecca, on November 15, 2010.

(REUTERS/ Fahad Shadeed) #

Muslims touch and write on the Jabal al-Rahma pillar on Mount Arafat on Monday, Nov. 15, 2010.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) #

Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Arafat, southeast of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where Prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago.

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Muslim pilgrims stand on top of Noor mountain where the Hiraa cave is located overlooking Mecca late on November 13, 2010.

(MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images)

The Grand Mosque and the four-faced clock, atop the Abraj Al-Bayt Towers are seen from the top of al-Noor mountain in Mecca, on Nov. 11, 2010.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

The massive new clock atop the newly-completed Abraj Al-Bayt Towers above tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims walking around the Ka'ba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Muslim pilgrims circle the Ka'ba at the center of the Grand mosque in Mecca during the annual Hajj pilgrimage November 11, 2010.

(REUTERS/Mohammed Salem)

Muslim pilgrims perform Friday prayers in front of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, on November 12, 2010. (MUSTAFA OZER/AFP/Getty Images) #

Pilgrims move around the Ka'ba, inside the Grand Mosque in Mecca, on Saturday, Nov. 13, 2010.

(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar) #

Muslim pilgrims reach to touch the golden doors of the Ka'ba as they perform their walk around the Ka'ba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca early on the morning of November 9, 2010.

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