Around 1.5 million Muslim pilgrims moved from Mecca to Mina on Monday as the annual Hajj pilgrimage officially began in Saudi Arabia.
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Pilgrims kick off hajj as Mideast peace deal hangs in the balance
MECCA, Saudi Arabia – Over 1.5 million Muslims began filling a vast tent city in the holy city of Mecca on Monday for an annual hajj pilgrimage carried out against the backdrop of hopes for an end to ...
In June 2025, footage on TikTok and YouTube showed lines of large mechanized umbrellas opening above pedestrians and giving them shade. The captions for these videos stated these were high-tech ...
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With ice cream and giant fans, hajj pilgrims beat heat
MECCA, Saudi Arabia — To avoid the punishing sun, Inas Gamal abandoned her ambitious plan of spending the days ahead of the hajj praying in Mecca’s Grand Mosque and retreated to the comfort of an ...
Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz on Saturday inaugurated five new projects part of the third expansion of the Grand Mosque. The expansion projects include the King Abdullah Expansion Structure ...
People traveling to Saudi Arabia for the annual hajj pilgrimage are facing extreme heat, as some succumb to heatstroke, fainting spells, and cardiac arrest.
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