1.   Pilgrims pray to her remains in the crypt, and Pope John Paul II has even paid a visit.

2.   The pilgrims prayed to Padre Pio, and a bus arrived an hour later.

3.   The pilgrims prayed long into the night, then most settled down to sleep alongside their buses.

4.   Throughout much of the days and evenings, the pilgrims prayed, alone and in large groups, ever reaching for a closeness with God.

5.   Pilgrims pray in the Mosque of the Prophet, where Mohammed is buried.

6.   At dawn Sunday, pilgrims will pray in Mina and resume their journey to Mount Arafat, where they must arrive before dusk.

7.   Quraish, who is also amirulhaj or chief of the Indonesian haj delegation, called on Indonesian pilgrims to pray for the end of the economic crisis.

8.   The procession ended at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher where pilgrims prayed over the marble slab where tradition says Jesus was laid after his death.

9.   The hajj ends the next day when pilgrims pray and slaughter sheep to commemorate the sacrifice of Abraham.