Prayer atop Mount Arafat
, October 14, 2013
Muslim pilgrims pray atop Mount Arafat (Mount Mercy) during the peak of the annual Haj pilgrimage, near the holy city of Makkah, on October 14. An estimated two million Muslims were in Makkah, Saudi Arabia, on Monday morning for the start of the annual Haj pilgrimage. Reuters/Ibraheem Abu Mustafa