(VOVWORLD) - Two million Muslims from all over the world on Wednesday began the annual Hajj pilgrimage to holy sites in Saudi Arabia.
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 Muslim followers are praying at the Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on August 29, 2017.
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For this year’s 5-day pilgrimage, pilgrims from Iran will once again be allowed to attend. But only a few dozen pilgrims are there from neighbouring Qatar, which is in a bitter dispute with Saudi Arabia.
For Muslims, the Hajj is the fifth and final pillar of Islam. Each year Saudi Arabia receives about 2 million Muslims to Mecca.