Muslim worshippers reach to touch the Kaaba, Islam's holiest shrine, while performing the "Umrah" pilgrimage circumambulation or "tawaf", circling seven times around it at the Grand Mosque in the holy city of Mecca on September 6, 2023. The Kaaba is a stone building at the centre of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the "Masjid al-Haram" (Holiest Mosque) in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the "qibla" (direction of prayer) for Muslims around the world. (Photo by Sameer Al-DOUMY / AFP)