![Pilgrims visit Mount Arafat during the 2009 hajj.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Praying_at_Arafat_-_Flickr_-_Al_Jazeera_English.jpg?itok=rKNgfFv8)
Pilgrims on Mount Arafat, 2009
Tents in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
![Pilgrims traveling via the Heathrow Airport in London.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/pilgrims_heathrow_464x309.jpg?itok=yQZPA40L)
Pilgrims at the London Heathrow Airport, 2010
![Officials meet for the October launch of the 2011 British Hajj Consular Delegation.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/British_Hajj_Consular_Delegation_2011_%286229888305%29.jpg?itok=BjgOoUjN)
British Hajj Consular Delegation Launch, 2011
![Information materials on travel plans and safety for British hajj travelers.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/6230452586_16772c471c_o.jpg?itok=VQEvzw7O)
Information Materials for British Hajj Travelers, 2011
![Construction around the Grand Mosque in Mecca.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2880px-Mataaf_expansion_2014.jpg?itok=NyqjuC4v)
Construction Around the Grand Mosque in Mecca, 2014
Crowds Traveling on the Jamarat Bridge, 2011
Hajj Travel Flier, 2010
![1889 photograph of the city of Mecca.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47dc-4796-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.g.jpg?itok=0a-sDMOc)
View of the City of Mecca, 1889
![Pilgrims gather in a camp outside of Mecca during the hajj in 1889.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/nypl.digitalcollections.510d47dc-47a3-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.001.g.png?itok=pkv2ihIg)
Pilgrim Camp Outside of Mecca, 1889
![The British Hajj Delegation provides consular services, travel information, and medical services to travelers.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/BWcaplyIQAAPVAo_0.jpg?itok=135H7qnp)
British Hajj Delegation Clinic, 2013
![Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with members of the country's Muslim religious leadership.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Vladimir_Putin_9_May_2002-9.jpg?itok=25pg9asF)
Putin Meeting Muslim Religious Leaders, 2002
![This is a depiction of a caravan traveling to Mecca from the Levant.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1920px-Yahya%CC%82_ibn_Mahmu%CC%82d_al-Wa%CC%82siti%CC%82_005.jpg?itok=tH_sUEiZ)
Mamluk-era caravan to Mecca, 1237
![Pilgrims await transport in the specially built Hajj Terminal of the King Abdulaziz International Airport.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/iconic-airports-jeddah-hajj.rend_.tccom_.616.462.jpg?itok=gnGpHyP6)
Hajj Terminal of the King Abdulaziz International Airport, Jeddah
![Construction surrounding the Grand Mosque in Mecca.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1599px-Final_circulation_of_the_Kaaba.jpg.png?itok=2DT1JvBc)
Construction surrounding the Grand Mosque in Mecca, 2010
![Abdürreşid Ibrahim and his children.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/Abdu%CC%88rres%CC%A7it-I%CC%87brahim-Efendi-1857-1944-ve-C%CC%A7ocuklar%C4%B1.jpg?itok=cogD0iGw)
Abdürreşid Ibrahim
![Pilgrims on the Hijaz Railway in 1907.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/rail_truck_944x624.jpg?itok=2pkk3zmV)
Pilgrims on the Hijaz Railway, 1907
![Construction of Mu‘azzam Station in 1908.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hijaz-railway-national-geographic_944x434.jpg?itok=QSsLGnas)
Construction of Mu‘azzam Station, Hijaz Railway, 1908
![Ticket issued to pilgrims from the British Raj for travel from Bombay to Jeddah.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/hajj_ticket_reduced_for_web_0.jpg?itok=hVKTvFYu)
British Pilgrim Ticket
The Jamarat Bridge During the Hajj, 2011
![View from above of the Jamarat Bridge, 2009.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/4304038428_fac8b6cc19_b.jpg?itok=DBNU5EFy)
Aerial View of the Jamarat Bridge, 2009
![Pilgrims arrive for the hajj by boat at the Jeddah Port in 1957.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/arriving-by-ferry-at-jeddah-port.jpg?itok=v1QAbuaJ)
Pilgrims Arrive to Jeddah by Boat, 1957
![Pilgrims circle the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Mecca during the hajj.](/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/1600px-Kaaba_%281%29_Makkah_%28Mecca%29.jpg?itok=TKZEJIkg)
The Kaaba During the Hajj, 2008