Dear friend and talented Egyptian AP photographer
Mosa’ab El-Shamy is currently in the Holy land in Saudi Arabia covering the
annual "Hajj" Pilgrimage which climax will be next on Sunday.
Mosa’ab El-Shamy took photos in both
Mecca and
Medina showing the Pilgrimage from another perspective.
I like two photos most from that collection , the Mecca pigeons at the
Holy Ka’aba and the ladies walking with the deadly crank that killed over hundred people in the Holiest place of Muslims during a thunderstorm last week.
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| The fallen crank in the back "Mosa'ab El-Shamy for AP" |
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| The Ka'aba pigeons, it is prohibited to hunt them |
