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(AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Copy article link Kashmiri Muslim pilgrims wave to relatives and others as the first batch departs for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Copy article link A Kashmiri woman prays as the first batch of Muslim pilgrims, departs for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Copy article link An Indian soldier guards as the first batch of Kashmiri Muslim pilgrims, departs for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Copy article link A Kashmiri Muslim woman pilgrim weeps as the first batch departs for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Copy article link Family members and relatives of Kashmiri Muslim pilgrims, look on as the first batch departs for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Copy article link Kashmiri Muslim pilgrims wave to relatives and others as the first batch departs for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Copy article link Family member and relatives of Hajj pilgrims see off them as the first batch departs for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan) Copy article link Indian policemen guard as the first batch of Kashmiri Muslim pilgrims, departs for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, Islam’s holiest site, in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Sunday, May 4, 2025. 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