View shows the Kaaba at the Grand mosque during the Haj in Mecca. (REUTERS)

The General Presidency for the Affairs of the Two Holy Mosques has lifted the lower part of the Kiswa by about 3 meters and covered the raised area with white cotton fabric (approximately two meters in width from the four sides). (SPA)

General view of Kaaba at the Grand mosque during the Haj, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Mecca .(REUTERS)

A man embroiders the Kiswa, a silk cloth covering the Holy Kaaba, ahead of the annual haj pilgrimage, at a factory in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. .(REUTERS)

Technicians sew the KIswa to wrap the Holy Kaaba. (SPA)

The procedure is done in order to protect the Kiswa from the tearing. (Reasah Al-Harmain)

The vast coverings were unraveled from the top of the Kaaba. (SPA)