WASHING OF THE KAABA (photos)

 Makkah Gov. Prince Mishaal bin Abdullah, on behalf of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah, leads the ceremonial washing of the Kaaba at the Grand Mosque in Makkah on Saturday, November 8, 2014. Muslims wash the Kaaba’s interior two times a year — during Muharram and Sha’aban, the 1st and 9th months of the Hijrah calendar. (SPA photos)