• An aerial view of the Grand Mosque complex in the Saudi city of Makkah, during the first day of Ramadan. AFP
    An aerial view of the Grand Mosque complex in the Saudi city of Makkah, during the first day of Ramadan. AFP
  • Worshippers perform the evening taraweeh prayer during Ramadan around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque complex in Makkah. Saudi authorities said on April 5 only people immunised against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims. AFP
    Worshippers perform the evening taraweeh prayer during Ramadan around the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque complex in Makkah. Saudi authorities said on April 5 only people immunised against Covid-19 will be allowed to perform the year-round Umrah pilgrimage from the start of Ramadan, the fasting month for Muslims. AFP
  • Worshippers perform taraweeh prayers at the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque complex in Makkah. AFP
    Worshippers perform taraweeh prayers at the Kaaba in the Grand Mosque complex in Makkah. AFP
  • Worshippers gather for prayers at the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in the Grand Mosque complex in the Saudi city of Makkah on the first day of Ramadan. AFP
    Worshippers gather for prayers at the Kaaba, the holiest shrine in the Grand Mosque complex in the Saudi city of Makkah on the first day of Ramadan. AFP
  • Umrah pilgrims outside the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. During Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. AP
    Umrah pilgrims outside the Grand Mosque in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. During Ramadan, the holiest month in the Islamic calendar, Muslims refrain from eating, drinking, smoking and sex from dawn to dusk. AP
  • Barriers and a checkpoint set up to allow only permitted pilgrims as a precaution against coronavirus outside the Grand Mosque in Makkah. AP
    Barriers and a checkpoint set up to allow only permitted pilgrims as a precaution against coronavirus outside the Grand Mosque in Makkah. AP
  • A general view of the Kaaba, the focal point of the Grand Mosque complex in the Saudi city of Makkah. AFP
    A general view of the Kaaba, the focal point of the Grand Mosque complex in the Saudi city of Makkah. AFP
  • The faithful face the Kaaba during taraweeh prayers on the first day of the holy fasting month. Since the start of Ramadan only worshippers immunised against Covid-19 are allowed to perform Umrah. AFP
    The faithful face the Kaaba during taraweeh prayers on the first day of the holy fasting month. Since the start of Ramadan only worshippers immunised against Covid-19 are allowed to perform Umrah. AFP
  • Pilgrims pray at the Kaaba in Makkah on the first day of Ramadan. AFP
    Pilgrims pray at the Kaaba in Makkah on the first day of Ramadan. AFP
  • First dawn prayers of Ramadan this week at the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. AP
    First dawn prayers of Ramadan this week at the Grand Mosque, in Makkah, Saudi Arabia. AP

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Ramadan 2021 in Saudi Arabia: Worshippers pray at the Grand Mosque in Makkah - in pictures

Muslims performed the evening taraweeh prayers on the first day of the Islamic holy month

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April 14, 2021

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