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Mecca Hotel Collapse Photos

Saudi civil defense workers carry a dead body out of the rubble of a building collapse Jan. 5, 2006 in the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. At least 15 people were killed and many more injured when a five-story hotel collapsed as about 2 million Muslim pilgrims prepare for the Hajj, or pilgrimage.

(Photo: Getty Images/Muhannad Fala'ah)