Around 5,000 pilgrims take part in annual pilgrimage in Jordan

Christian pilgrims gather in a church during an annual pilgrimage at the Baptism Site by the Jordan River, nine kilometers north of the Dead Sea, Jordan, on Jan. 12, 2018. Around 5,000 pilgrims from Jordan and across the world took part in the annual pilgrimage events at the Baptism Site on Friday. The annual pilgrimage has been carried out by the Catholic churches in Jordan on the second Friday of January since 2000. (Xinhua/Mohammad Abu Ghosh)