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Hajj

Hajj cameras

All-seeing ‘eye’ watches over Mecca pilgrims

Religion

More than 5,000 cameras have been installed in the entire Mecca sector covering a radius of around 10 six miles around its Grand Mosque, the single holiest place in Islam.

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An aerial view of the Haj pilgrimage in Mecca

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