Muslim pilgrims line up outside an ice cream shop and reach for water in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca. This year's summer timing for the hajj, which follows the lunar calendar, will test the endurance of worshippers during the four-day, mostly outdoor ritual. "The happiness [to be in Mecca during hajj] doesn't make you feel a thing [the heat]," says one Egyptian pilgrim. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES