Getty Images Hurndreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims gather at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran or Muslim holy book.
Getty Images An ambulance is parked as thousands of Muslim pilgrims pray near the Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran or Mulsim holy book.
Muslim pilgrims pray on a rocky hill called the Mountain of Mercy, on the Plain of Arafat near Mecca,Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2,5 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world
Muslim pilgrims head to Arafat from Mina ahead of hajj main ritual at Mount Arafat outside Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010. Draped in white robes to symbolize purity and equality of mankind under God, nearly 2.5 million Muslims from all over the world are in Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage.
A Muslim pilgrim reads the Koran on Mount Mercy on the plains of Arafat, outside the holy city of Mecca, November 15, 2010. At least 2.5 million Muslims began the annual haj pilgrimage on Sunday, heading to an encampment near the holy city of Mecca to retrace the route taken by Prophet Mohammad 14 centuries ago.
The half moon is seen behind the minaret of the Namira Mosque at Mount Arafat, near the Saudi Arabian holy city of Mecca, on November 14, 2010, as some 2.5 million Muslim pilgrims descend on the holy city for the annual Hajj pilgrimage.
Muslim pilgrims arrive to pray at Mount Arafat, southeast of the Saudi holy city of Mecca, on November 15, 2010. Pilgrims flooded into the Arafat plain from Mecca and Mina before dawn for a key ritual around the site where prophet Mohammed gave his farewell sermon on this day in the Islamic calendar 1,378 years ago. Pilgrims spend the day at Arafat in reflection and reading the Koran or Mulsim holy book.
AP Photo Muslim pilgrims pray outside Namira mosque in Arafat near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2010. The annual Islamic pilgrimage draws 2,5 million visitors each year, making it the largest yearly gathering of people in the world.
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