Each year, well over a million Muslims from around the world converge on Mecca and its surrounding sites for the Hajj pilgrimage, making it the single largest recurring gathering of people anywhere on Earth. Saudi authorities coordinate an enormous logistics and crowd-management operation to manage the pilgrimage safely each year.
Record no. MRB-2026-005689
World's Largest Annual Gathering of People
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