Muslim pilgrims perform the "Tawaf" by circling seven times around the Kaaba, the large black cubic structure at the centre of Mecca's Grand Mosque, as the hajj pilgrimage nears its end. As one of the world's largest annual religious gatherings wound down, Amman announced that at least 14 Jordanian pilgrims had succumbed to an "extreme heat wave", highlighting the acute physical toll of the annual rites which in recent years have fallen during the hot Saudi summer. IMAGES