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• Photo News: The annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage in the time of COVID-19 從照片看新聞: 武漢肺炎時期的穆斯林朝覲

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  Worshippers, mask-clad due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, walk around the Kaaba, Islam’s holiest shrine, at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage season on July 24. The 2020 hajj season, which has been scaled back dramatically to include only around 1,000 Muslim pilgrims as Saudi Arabia battles a coronavirus surge, began on Wednesday. Around 2.5 million people from all over the world usually participate in the ritual that takes place over several days, centered on the holy city of Mecca. This year’s hajj will be held under strict hygiene protocols, with access limited to pilgrims under 65 years old and without any chronic illnesses. 受到武漢肺炎（新冠病毒，COVID-19）全球大流行影響，戴著口罩的朝聖者於七月二十四日，年度朝覲活動開始之前，在沙烏地阿拉伯聖城麥加的大清真寺建築群中，繞行「卡巴天房」，也就是伊斯蘭教最神聖的聖殿。二○二○年的朝覲活動於週三正式展開，但是鑒於沙烏地阿拉伯正在對抗持續攀升的武漢肺炎病例，規模受到大幅限縮，僅限約一千名穆斯林朝聖者參加。往年，約有二百五十萬名來自世界各地的穆斯林參加朝覲儀式，活動通常持續數天，並以麥加聖城為中心。今年的朝覲活動必須恪守嚴格的衛生守則，僅開放六十五歲以下、沒有慢性病的朝聖者參加。(台北時報章厚明譯)

  Photo: AFP 照片：法新社

  

  Workers at the Grand Mosque complex in Saudi Arabia’s holy city of Mecca walk around the Kaaba at the center of the complex ahead of the annual hajj pilgrimage season on July 24. 沙烏地阿拉伯聖城麥加大清真寺建築群的工人們，七月二十四日在年度朝覲活動開始之前，繞行位在大清真寺建築群中央的「卡巴天房」。(台北時報章厚明譯)

  Photo: AFP 照片：法新社

  

  A Muslim man puts incense at the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque for the hajj, during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, in Mecca, Saudi Arabia on Sunday. 在武漢肺炎全球大流行期間，一名穆斯林男性週日在沙烏地阿拉伯麥加大清真寺的朝覲活動中，把香料塗在「卡巴天房」的外牆上。(台北時報章厚明譯)

  Photo courtesy of Saudi Ministry of Media via REUTERS 照片：沙烏地阿拉伯媒體部 / 路透

  

  Pilgrims on Wednesday circumambulate the Kaaba at the center of the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca, ahead of the annual Muslim hajj pilgrimage. The hajj, one of the five pillars of Islam and a must for able-bodied Muslims at least once in their lifetime, is usually one of the world’s largest religious gatherings. 週三，在穆斯林年度朝覲開始前，朝聖者繞行著聖城麥加大清真寺中央的卡巴天房。朝覲是伊斯蘭教的五功之一，每一位身體健康的穆斯林一生至少必須朝覲一次，這也是世界上最大規模的宗教聚會之一。(台北時報章厚明譯)

  Photo: AFP 照片：法新社
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