Pakistan's star batter Babar Azam pictured with his brother during Umrah near Khana-e-Kaaba in Makkah, Saudi Arabia in this image released on March 9, 2025. — Instagram@safeerazam Pakistan's former ...

In preparation for Hajj, the Kaaba in Makkah gets a new cloth cover every year—and 2025's Kiswa has been raised in Islam's holiest place on Earth. As part of the custom, the Kiswa is raised to a ...

In preparation for the Haj season 2024 (1445AH), the black covering or Kiswa of the Holy Kaaba in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, was raised on Wednesday after the evening prayers. The annual custom is meant to ...

Masses of Muslim pilgrims in the Saudi city of Mecca on Thursday circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, a day before heading to the nearby desert area of Mina to officially open the Hajj, the annual ...