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MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA – JANUARY 29: Muslim pilgrims from all around the World revolving around the Kaaba on January 29, 2017 in Mecca Saudi Arabia. Muslim people praying together at holy place.
High angle view of a crowd of praying Muslim pilgrims from all around the world revolving around the Kaaba (the Cube) in the center of Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām (The Sacred Mosque or Great Mosque of Mecca), Islam’s most sacred site, Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is considered by Muslims to be the bayt Allāh, the “House of God”. Wherever they are in the world, Muslims are expected to face the Kaaba when performing salat (prayer). From any point in the world, the direction facing the Kaaba is called the qibla. Photographed: January 29, 2017