A man embroiders the Kiswa, a silk and cotton cloth covering the Holy Kaaba, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, at a factory in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on August 26, 2017. Suhaib Salem/Reuters
A man embroiders the Kiswa, a silk and cotton cloth covering the Holy Kaaba, ahead of the annual Hajj pilgrimage, at a factory in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia on August 26, 2017. Suhaib Salem/Show more

The Saudi factory that stitches the Kaaba's gold-laced cover