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Muslim pilgrims circled the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest site, for a final time today, bringing to a close what may have been the largest ever Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, passing without the deadly stampedes that have marred the event in the past.

More than three million Muslims have gathered in Bangladesh for what's regarded as Islam's second-largest event after the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.