2,000 hit by heat stress during Hajj, as at least 230 die from health complications
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Worshipers grapple with extreme heat during days-long pilgrimage to Mecca, with temperatures reaching 48°C; dead include 114-year-old Iranian who suffered heart attack
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As temperatures climb, pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat for hajj climax
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2,000 hit by heat stress during Hajj, as at least 230 die from health complications
Mobile phones are overheating and the pavement feels like a frying pan but for Abdul al-Assad, intense desert heat is all part of the hajj pilgrimage in summertime Saudi Arabia.
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims crowded Saudi Arabia's Mount Arafat on Tuesday, the climax of a potentially record-breaking hajj pilgrimage held in fierce summer heat.As dawn broke, groups of worshippers recited Koran verses on the rocky rise, where the Prophet Mohammed is believed to have …
Hundreds of thousands of Muslim pilgrims prayed at Mount Arafat in searing heat on Tuesday at the height of an annual hajj pilgrimage held in the fierce Saudi Arabian summer.
Worshipers grapple with extreme heat during days-long pilgrimage to Mecca, with temperatures reaching 48°C; dead include 114-year-old Iranian who suffered heart attack
More than 2,000 pilgrims have suffered heat stress during the hajj pilgrimage, Saudi officials said Thursday, after temperatures soared to 48 degrees Celsius (118 degrees Fahrenheit) during the annual rites.Over 1.
