11.   Burly security guards in long white robes pushed back worshipers lunging to touch the Kaaba, a cubic stone structure that stands inside the massive Grand Mosque.

12.   Burly security guards in long white robes pushed back worshipers lunging to touch the Kaaba, a cubic stone structure that stands inside the massive Grant Mosque.

13.   From Mina, pilgrims return to the Grand Mosque in Mecca to circle the holy cubic structure seven times.

14.   Muslims face the cubic stone structure during their five daily prayers.

15.   Security is usually tight in and around the Grand Mosque, which houses the Kaaba, an ancient cubic stone structure revered in Islam.

16.   The Chancellery has four wings built around a massive cubic central structure.

17.   The Kaaba, or house of God, is a huge cubic structure covered with a black kiswah, or cloth, at the heart of the Grand Mosque.