A Saudi government spokesperson says more than 1.5 million foreign pilgrims are in the country for this year's Hajj.

Tens of thousands of Muslim pilgrims clambered up rocks and nestled between boulders on Thursday as they embarked on a day of worship under a scorching sun at the Hajj in Saudi Arabia.

Millions of Muslim pilgrims surged into the Jamarat complex in Mina early Friday morning to perform Ramy al-Jamarat—the symbolic stoning of the devilThis marked a critical stage in the annual Hajj pilgrimage,