Located in Mecca, the Kaaba is Islam’s most sacred site and the focal point of daily Muslim prayer. This episode explores its ...

The Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure, is the focal point toward which Muslims face during their daily prayers from anywhere in the world. 27,841 people played the daily Crossword recently. Can you ...

Pilgrims walk around the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, during the annual Hajj pilgrimage, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, June 4, 2025 ...

Thousands of Muslim pilgrims circumambulate the Kaaba, the cubic building at the Grand Mosque, in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday. (Amr Nabil / Associated Press) One million ...

Hundreds of thousands of the faithful returned to Mecca from a holy site outside the city to perform the “farewell” circling of the Kaaba, a cube-shaped stone structure draped in black cloth ...

Deputy Governor of Mecca leads sacred ritual on behalf of King Salman Umrah pilgrims throng the courtyard around the Holy Kaaba at the Grand Mosque. Saudi Ministry of Hajj and Umrah Dubai: The ...

In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the haj, while around 19 million took part in the umrah, another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike the ...

Watch live as Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca circle the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, beginning the annual pilgrimage that is one of the five pillars of Islam. Read more about the ...

Muslim worshippers from across the world flock to the Grand Mosque in Islam's holiest city of Mecca to perform the Tawaf, or circumambulating the Kaaba, during the first ritual of the annual Hajj ...

However, Muslims are still prohibited from kissing or touching the cube-shaped Kaaba, the metaphorical house of God at the center of Mecca that pilgrims circle as they complete the hajj.