Syrian amputees who lost their limbs and eyes during the country's brutal war pray inside a tent near Mount Arafat as they take part in the hajj ritual, the high point of the annual pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, one of the five pillars of Islam. "It's an indescribable feeling," says Abdul Karim Hassan, a Syrian amputee from Eastern Ghouta, adding that he "never even dreamt of performing hajj". IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES