Hagi's last day: Against Satan with sterile stones

At the last leg of Hagi, Muslim pilgrims took in disinfected stones as they shot the devil with them in the last important ritual of Hagi, which the Saudi king acknowledged had been very difficult to organize among the coronary pandemic.

Massive crowds of past years caused loss of life because of foot wrongdoing during the ritual, but this year only about 10,000 Muslims took part in Hadge because millions of foreign pilgrims were not allowed.

Under the scorching temperature, believers walk through the valley of Mina, near Mecca, under the watchful eyes of security forces, to symbolically humiliate the devil.

The pilgrims in protective masks, dressed in white, and separated, stoned the wall that symbolizes the devil.
Instead of collecting the stones themselves, as in previous years, they were given sterilized stones by authorities to protect them from the coronary.

Keeping the ritual under the shadow of the pandemic required double efforts of Saudi authorities. Hagi is one of the five pillars of Islam and an obligation for Muslims, at least once in life. It is usually one of the largest religious gatherings in the world.