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Two million Muslims gather for pilgrimage

* HAJJ: Muslim pilgrims gather to pray at the Plain of Arafat during the annual pilgrimage, known as the hajj, near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, yesterday. An estimated two million Muslims are streaming into a sprawling tent city near Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage. Saudi Arabia banned hajj and work visas this year for people from Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea as a precaution to avoid the spread of Ebola during hajj, which sees massive crowds of people from around the world gather in Mecca

PICTURE: Khalid Mohammed/AP