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Muslim worshippers approach to kiss and touch the Hajar al-Aswad (“Black Stone”), a rock set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba which is believed to be the only piece remaining from an altar built by the patriarch Abraham, at the Grand Mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca on September 6, 2023. The Kaaba is a stone building at the centre of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the “Masjid al-Haram” (Holiest Mosque) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the “qibla” (direction of prayer) for Muslims around the world. (Photo by Sameer Al-Doumy/AFP Photo)
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