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Launched by Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the Saudi Architecture Characters Map highlights 19 distinct architectural styles, each inspired by the kingdom’s diverse regions ...
So far, authorities have recorded 44 cases of heat exhaustion. Abdullah Asiri, Saudi Arabia's deputy minister for population health, told AFP at the Mina hospital that "the focus is on heat ...
Over 1,000 Muslim worshippers die of heat exhaustion during Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia: report Blistering temperatures in Mecca reached as high as 125 degrees during Islamic pilgrimage By ...
Searing heat in Saudi Arabia appeared to at least contribute to many of the deaths. By Emad Mekay and Lynsey Chutel Emad Mekay reported from Cairo and Lynsey Chutel reported from Johannesburg ...
Rescuers carry away a man affected by the scorching heat as Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic "stoning of the devil" ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage, in Mina, Saudi Arabia, June ...
At least 323 Egyptian and 60 Jordanian pilgrims died during the Hajj pilgrimage in western Saudi Arabia, most of them succumbing to heat-related illnesses, diplomats told AFP on Tuesday.
Over 1,300 Muslim pilgrims reportedly died during the annual Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca, this month in Saudi Arabia, where temperatures have soared beyond 50 degrees Celsius (122 degrees ...
Saudi Arabia has not commented on the death toll amid the heat during the pilgrimage, required of every able Muslim once in their life, nor offered any causes for those who died.