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Supreme panel to study proposals to make Haj sites disabled-friendly

About 130 experts from 45 government and private agencies took part in the second preparatory workshop for the upcoming Haj in September 2017. — SPA

Support roads between Makkah, Mina proposed

Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, emir of Makkah and adviser to Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, attends meeting of Makkah Region Development Authority in Jeddah on Wednesday. — SPA

Plans to link Holy Sites and Grand Mosque with tunnels approved

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Pilgrims use social media to share their experience

Makkah Emir Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, who is the chairman of the Central Haj Committee, addresses the media in Mina on Wednesday. — SPA

Islam a religion of peace, Haj gathering proves

A security aircraft hovers over the Holy Sites. — Courtesy photo

Aircraft keep a close eye on the ground

A young Saudi offers help to a sick pilgrim in Mina. — Okaz photo

Female Saudi volunteers offer help to the sick

Crown Prince Muhammad Bin Naif, deputy premier, minister of interior and chairman of the Supreme Haj Committee, being briefed on the fiber optic project during a meeting in Mina on Monday. — SPA

Fiber optic project to boost security: Crown Prince

A security man pours water on a pilgrim exhausted from the searing heat in Mina on Tuesday. — SPA

Hajis feel revivified

A suspected robber under police custody. — Okaz photo

Secret police agents nab robbers in Arafat

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2,000 Indian volunteers help pilgrims in Holy Sites

The baby girl is from Afghanistan and was born at the emergency hospital in Mina, her namesake. — Saudi Ministry of Health

Born in Mina, she has been named Mina!

A view of the Jamarat Bridge. — Courtesy photo

Jamarat Bridge divided into six levels

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Boy Scouts guide over 3,000 pilgrims

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VIDEO: A glimpse of the 'tent city' of Mina and the Holy Sites

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Over 4,500 boy scouts stationed in Holy Sites

Pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Thursday. Hundreds of thousands of Muslims have arrived in the Kingdom to participate in Haj, which starts Saturday. — AP

Over 1.3m arrive for Haj

Workers clean the floor of the mataf — the circumambulation area around the Kaaba — at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Thursday. — AP

Safe and secure, spick-and-span

Director of Asir Police inspecting vehicles on a road leading to Makkah. — SPA

Difficult now for illegal pilgrims to enter Makkah

A pilgrim's papers being electronically checked at a checkpoint. — Courtesy: Makkah newspaper

Illegal pilgrims to be tried, sentenced within 24 hours