A World Health Organization photo record documents Mecca pilgrims waiting for vaccination tickets in Mogadishu, Somalia, in 1977. The object of the wait was not the injection itself but documentary proof connected to vaccination. Because the pilgrimage brings large numbers of people across borders, public-health requirements and travel procedures meet before the journey begins. The caption does not establish the crowd size, waiting time or exact issuing process, but it directly identifies an ordered wait for vaccination tickets. The year is significant: 1977 was also when smallpox was eliminated from Africa, with Somalia central to the final phase of global eradication. This short record sits at the intersection of medicine, religious travel and documentation. Before joining the pilgrimage route, travellers first had to pass through a public-health queue.