In this archive photo from March 7, 2020, staff disinfect the floor around the Kaaba, the cubic construction of the Grand Mosque, concerned by the new coronavirus, the Muslim holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. The rules were announced on Monday, July 6, 2020, as Saudi Arabia prepares for the approximately 1,000 pilgrims who will be allowed to make hajj pilgrimage to Mecca by the end of this month. The party will be unlike any other, attracting 2.5 million people. (Photo AP / Amr Nabil, file)
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