It’s currently Hajj season in the Kingdom and thousands of people have made their way to Makkah and Medinah for the offcial pilgrimage

Due to COVID-19 surges over the years, Saudi witnessed the highest amount of visitors this year since the outbreak. One million people, with 850,000 from abroad, have made their way to the holy cities for Hajj this year.  Right before the pandemic, the Kingdom welcomed 2.5 million visitors in 2019, only 1,000 visitors in 2020, and a slight increase of 60,000 vaccinated citizens and residents in 2021. This means this season has welcomed the most pilgrims since 2019 this year.

As this month is quite significant in the Kingdom, here are seven pictures that take you through a journey of Hajjj over the years

Makkah 1907

Via British Library/Qatar Foundation

Makkah 1953

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Mount Arafah in 1953

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Coach with pilgrims in 1953

Pilgrims in Makkah 2010

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Back in 2010, pilgrims from 181 different countries flew out for Hajj.

Hajj 2020

This was the first time in history that Hajj looked like this.

Hajj 2022

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Makkah witnessed the highest number since 2020, of more than 1 million pilgrims this year.