"It’s like heaven": pilgrims rejoice on first day of largest hajj of Covid era

Mecca (Saudi Arabia) (AFP) – Muslim worshippers perform the “tawaf”, the circumambulation of the Kaaba, on the first day of the biggest hajj pilgrimage since the Covid pandemic began. “As I saw the Kaaba, I felt like I was in heaven,” says an Egyptian pilgrim at Mecca’s Grand mosque.