More than 1.5 million pilgrims joined Islam’s most important rite under a beating sun on Wednesday, as the hajj kicked off with the Saudi hosts scrambling to avoid last year’s…
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Saudi hajj pilgrims’ deaths highlight how extreme heat kills
More than 1,000 people have died at this year’s hajj pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia, an AFP tally showed on Thursday. The pilgrimage involved hours of walking and…
Hajj death toll tops 1,000 after extreme heat
The death toll from this year’s hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said Thursday, more than half unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia.…