TIME Photo Essay: In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Two million Muslim pilgrims retrace Muhammad's journey in the annual Hajj. A pilgrim reads the Koran as her husband sleeps in the valley of Mina outside the holy city of Mecca, on Thursday. After spending two nights in Mina, pilgrims return to Mecca to circle the Kaaba, a stone temple that Muslim tradition holds was built by the Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael . PHOTO BY BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP / GETTY
BEHROUZ MEHRI / AFP / GETTY
In the Footsteps of the Prophet: Two million Muslim pilgrims retrace Muhammad's journey in the annual Hajj
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A pilgrim reads the Koran as her husband sleeps in the valley of Mina outside the holy city of Mecca, on Thursday. After spending two nights in Mina, pilgrims return to Mecca to circle the Kaaba, a stone temple that Muslim tradition holds was built by the Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael
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POSTED Thursday, January 12, 2006

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