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The world's biggest annual religious pilgrimage has begun with 2.5 million Muslims massing at the holy city of Mecca for the hajj.
Heavy rain causes danger of flood in Mecca
Day-long downpour fouled the start of the annual hajj on Wednesday, soaking thousands of people as they walked from Mecca to Mina, snarling traffic and stranding buses for hours. Hundreds of pilgrims were also stranded in buses on the 80-kilometre (50-mile) road from to Mecca from Jeddah, the main port of entry for most people from abroad going on the hajj. A sea of pilgrims from all over the world, dressed in white robes and towels, began the five-day hajj late on Tuesday and early on Wednesday, circling the Kaaba shrine inside Mecca's Grand Mosque.

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