Hajj begins in Mecca
(AFP/AP/Reuters)
Updated: 2005-01-15 08:48

Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims perform Friday prayers at the great mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Friday Jan.14, 2005. Many pilgrims are streaming into Islam's holy city for the annual hajj prayed Friday for the 157,000 people killed in last month's tsunami that devastated southern Asia, and asked God to give survivors the courage to cope. [AP]

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