When Is Mecca Pilgrimage 2024. Muslim pilgrims offer prayers at top of the rocky hill known as the mountain of mercy, on the plain of arafat, during the annual hajj pilgrimage, near the holy city of mecca, saudi arabia, saturday, june 15, 2024. Saudi arabia said on saturday that security forces had cleared hundreds of thousands of unregistered pilgrims from mecca ahead of the hajj which begins next week.
Pilgrims worship and circumambulate around the kaaba, a stone building at the center of the grand mosque in mecca, saudi arabia, after fulfilling the hajj. Hajj is one of the largest religious gatherings on earth and the saudi authorities are expecting more than two million pilgrims.