

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.

Saudi emergency personnel carry a body.

People stand near the bodies of victims at the site of the stampede.

Bodies lie covered in sheets. The death toll has been climbing steadily.

People stand near bodies covered in sheets.

Muslim pilgrims and rescuers gather around the victims.

Bodies lie in the street as emergency personnel work.

Saudi emergency personnel load a wounded pilgrim into an ambulance.

Emergency personnel carry an injured person.

Saudi ambulances arrive on the scene.

A man searches for a relative injured in the stampede.

Saudi medics tend to an injured pilgrim.

Saudi emergency personnel stand near bodies of Hajj pilgrims.