中东朝圣之旅

上图为穆斯林朝圣者在位于沙特阿拉伯阿拉法特平原圣城麦加附近名为观音山的岩石山上集体祈祷的情景。据沙特当局反映今年今年大约有170万来自国外的穆斯林抵达圣城麦加和麦地那开始朝圣之旅。

Mideast Saudi Hajj

Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Thursday, Oct. 25, 2012. Saudi authorities say around 3.4 million pilgrims some 1.7 million of them from abroad have arrived in the holy cities of Mecca and Medina for this year’s pilgrimage.

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