Saudi emergency personnel surround bodies of Hajj pilgrims at the site of a stampede Thursday, September 24, in Mecca, Islam's holiest city. Thursday morning's stampede killed hundreds during one of the last rituals of the Hajj, the annual Islamic pilgrimage.
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Saudi emergency personnel carry a body.
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People stand near the bodies of victims at the site of the stampede.
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Bodies lie covered in sheets. The death toll has been climbing steadily.
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People stand near bodies covered in sheets.
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Muslim pilgrims and rescuers gather around the victims.
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Bodies lie in the street as emergency personnel work.
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Saudi emergency personnel load a wounded pilgrim into an ambulance.
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Emergency personnel carry an injured person.
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Saudi ambulances arrive on the scene.
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A man searches for a relative injured in the stampede.
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Saudi medics tend to an injured pilgrim.
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Saudi emergency personnel stand near bodies of Hajj pilgrims.
