Watch a live view from the Grand Mosque in Mecca that houses the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site. Muslim pilgrims are arriving in Saudi Arabia ahead of the start of the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. Hajj, the world’s largest annual pilgrimage, begins today in ...

Wright is an Editorial Producer for TIME. Muslim worshippers gather to pray around the Ka'ba, Islam's holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage in the holy city ...

Muslims are making their way to the holy destination of Mecca for one of the most important traditions of the Islamic calendar – Hajj. Almost two million Muslims are expected to converge on the site ...

The spiritual crescendo of the Islamic calendar is underway as Saudi Arabia has officially sighted the crescent moon, marking the beginning of Dhul Hijjah 1446 and announced the final dates of Hajj ...

Millions of Muslims from all over the world have converged on Mecca in Saudi Arabia to partake in Islam's annual Hajj pilgrimage, one of the largest religious gatherings in the world. In the coming ...