Fewer pilgrims than normal flocked to the city of Mina, the first of the three-day stoning of the devil ritual amid the coronavirus. The annual ritual usually brings millions of worshippers from all over the world shoulder to shoulder. Clad in white robes denoting a state of purity and face masks, men and women cast their stones in Mina, a neighbourhood east of Mecca. After their third day of stoning, pilgrims will go back to Mecca to pray at the Grand Mosque at the end of haj.

Hajj pilgrims take part in first of three-day 'stoning of the devil' ritual

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Hajj pilgrims take part in first of three-day 'stoning of the devil' ritual