Stampede kills hundreds of hajj pilgrims in Saudi Arabia

Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims make their way to cast stones at a pillar symbolizing the stoning of Satan, in a ritual called “Jamarat,” the last rite of the annual hajj, on the first day of Eid al-Adha, in Mina near the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

Saudi medics tend to injured pilgrims at a Mina hospital after a deadly stampede.

Saudi ambulances arrive at a Mena hospital with pilgrims injured in the stampede.

In an image from the Twitter account of the Saudi Civil Defense, a medic treats a pilgrim after a stampede that killed hundreds in Mena.

In an image from the Twitter feed of the Saudi civil defense, rescue crews respond to the stampede in Mina, Saudi Arabia.

Muslim pilgrims cast stones at a pillar in a ritual called “Jamarat,” or stoning the devil, the last rite of the annual hajj.