Pilgrims make their ascent to the highest point on Mount Arafat as they try to reach the Jabal al-Rahmah Mercy Mount on the second day of Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia on January 31, 2004. About 2 million Muslim pilgrims assembled on Mount Arafat offering emotional prayers for mercy on the culmination of the annual Hajj pilgrimage. [Reuters]

Pilgrims aim their pebbles at stone pillars representing Satan in the city of Mena on the third day of the annual hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, February 1, 2004. At least 244 Muslim pilgrims were crushed to death and the same number injured in a stampede during the pilgrimage, a Saudi minister said. [Reuters]

Saudi medics carry a wounded pilgrim in the city of Mena during the third day of Hajj in Saudi Arabia February 1, 2004. More than 200 Muslim pilgrims were trampled to death in Saudi Arabia on Sunday at the climax of the annual haj pilgrimage, witnesses said. [Reuters]

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