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Extreme Heat Kills More Than 1,000 Pilgrims During Hajj Pilgrimage, Report Says—As Heat Waves Scorch Northern Hemisphere
as people across the northern hemisphere battle a scorching heat wave. According to the AFP, at least 1,081 people died during this year’s Hajj pilgrimage to Islam’s holiest site, as ...
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Saudi Arabia: At least 19 Hajj pilgrims die as temperatures rise
Jordan's Foreign Ministry confirmed its 14 citizens had died "after suffering sunstroke due to the extreme heat wave." The Hajj takes place during the hot Saudi Arabia summer. Temperatures have ...
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Saudis' new Hajj system is making the pilgrimage safer, if less accessible
Though the 2024 deaths were mostly caused by extreme heat, the danger was compounded by overcrowding, partly due to a wave of pilgrims who came to Hajj without permits. Responding to outcries from ...
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More than 1,300 people died during Hajj, many of them after walking in the scorching heat
AP journalists saw pilgrims fainting from the scorching heat, especially on the second and third days of the Hajj. Some vomited and collapsed. Historically, deaths are not uncommon at the Hajj ...
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Hundreds died during this year's Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia amid intense heat, officials say
Muslim pilgrims were wrapping up the Hajj pilgrimage in the deadly summer heat on Tuesday with the third day of the symbolic stoning of the devil, and the farewell circling around Kaaba in Mecca's ...