SHOTLIST: MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA (JUNE 1, 2025) (AAVN - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF MOUNT JABAL AL-NOUR 2. VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS CLIMBING MOUNT JABAL AL-NOUR 3. VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS WATCHING MECCA FROM MOUNT JABAL AL-NOUR 4. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) 66 YEARS OLD NEZIHA MEHMET SAYING: “We are so happy that I cannot tell you. I am not tired at all. This is my second time here. The first year I came for myself. This year I came for my mother. May Allah accept everyone's pilgrimage and ours. We burst into tears in the cave." 5. PILGRIMS WAITING IN LINE TO ENTER CAVE OF HIRA 6. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) FATMA HUSEYIN SAYING: “Recently, my foot has undergone surgery but God gave me strength. I couldn't hold back my tears. I cried a lot. Our Prophet has done many things for us. We found Islam ready. I hope, our children will also be able to come here. This place has a very different atmosphere. Everyone should come and see it.” 7. PILGRIMS WAITING IN LINE TO ENTER CAVE OF HIRA 8. SOUNDBITE (Turkish) ERTAN YILMAZ SAYING: “We saw the place where the revelation first came, and Allah granted it to us. We are very touched. May Allah grant us the opportunity to live this religion that the Messenger of Allah left us after so much hardship.” 9. VARIOUS OF PILGRIMS WAITING IN LINE TO ENTER CAVE OF HIRA MECCA, SAUDI ARABIA - JUNE 1: Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from all over the world perform the steps of this year's Hajj, a multifaceted act of worship, in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. As part of the pilgrimage steps, Muslims prayed throughout the night in and around the Cave of Hira, where the first revelation of Islam was delivered to the Prophet Muhammad. Muslims praying all night on Jabal Al-Nour Mountain, which is home to the Cave of Hira, then went to the top of the mountain to perform the morning prayer. “We saw the place where the revelation first came, and Allah granted it to us. We are very touched. May Allah grant us the opportunity to live this religion that the Messenger of Allah left us after so much hardship,” said Ertan Yilmaz, who came from Türkiye to perform Hajj. The pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site, the Kaaba in the city of Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islam. A Muslim is required to perform the Hajj at least once if they have the means. The Hajj, the pilgrimage to Islam's holiest site Kaaba in Mecca, is one of the five pillars of Islam. Muslims are required to perform it at least once in their life if they have the means to do so.