Chinese muslims fly to Mecca for annual pilgrimage(4/4)

Muslim pilgrims wave goodbye at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, China, Sept 17, 2014. About 14,500 Chinese pilgrims are scheduled to go to Mecca for an annual pilgrimage this year. The Mecca pilgrimage, also known as the Hajj, is a Muslim religious tradition that specifies that all able-bodied Muslims who can afford to travel to Saudi Arabia must visit Mecca at least once in their lives. (Xinhua/Pan Xu)