epa12992732 View of the Mina tent camp on Yawm al-Tarwiyah (the Day of Watering) for the start of the Hajj 2026 pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 25 May 2026. According to Saudi authorities, more than 1.5 million pilgrims from abroad had arrived in the country to perform Hajj in 2026. EPA/STRINGER

epa12992731 View of the Mina tent camp on Yawm al-Tarwiyah (the Day of Watering) for the start of the Hajj 2026 pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 25 May 2026. According to Saudi authorities, more than 1.5 million pilgrims from abroad had arrived in the country to perform Hajj in 2026. EPA/STRINGER

epa12992730 A Muslim pilgrim receives refreshment from a policeman on her way to the Mina tent camp on Yawm al-Tarwiyah (the Day of Watering) for the start of the Hajj 2026 pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 25 May 2026. According to Saudi authorities, more than 1.5 million pilgrims from abroad had arrived in the country to perform Hajj in 2026. ...

epa12992729 View of the Mina tent camp on Yawm al-Tarwiyah (the Day of Watering) for the start of the Hajj 2026 pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 25 May 2026. According to Saudi authorities, more than 1.5 million pilgrims from abroad had arrived in the country to perform Hajj in 2026. EPA/STRINGER

epa12992728 A Muslim pilgrim refresh himself at one of the water fountains on his way to the Mina tent camp on Yawm al-Tarwiyah (the Day of Watering) for the start of the Hajj 2026 pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 25 May 2026. According to Saudi authorities, more than 1.5 million pilgrims from abroad had arrived in the country to perform Hajj in 2026. ...

epa12992725 Muslim pilgrims refresh themselves at one of the water fountains on their way to the Mina tent camp on Yawm al-Tarwiyah (the Day of Watering) for the start of the Hajj 2026 pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 25 May 2026. According to Saudi authorities, more than 1.5 million pilgrims from abroad had arrived in the country to perform Hajj in 2026....

epa12992723 A Muslim pilgrim refresh himself at one of the water fountains on his way to the Mina tent camp on Yawm al-Tarwiyah (the Day of Watering) for the start of the Hajj 2026 pilgrimage in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, 25 May 2026. According to Saudi authorities, more than 1.5 million pilgrims from abroad had arrived in the country to perform Hajj in 2026. ...