Warning: Graphic contentSaudi Arabia said more than 1,300 faithful died during the hajj pilgrimage which took place during intense heat. A photo showing rows of bodies shared in social media posts about the deaths, however, was taken years earlier.
Saudi Arabia said more than 1,300 faithful died during the hajj pilgrimage which took place during intense heat. A photo showing rows of bodies shared in social media posts about the deaths, however, was taken years earlier. The picture shows victims of a stampede outside Mecca in 2015, the worst disaster in hajj history.An AFP tally on June 21, compiling official statements and reports from diplomats involved in the response, put the toll at 1,126, more than half of them from Egypt.
Arab diplomats previously told AFP that Egyptians accounted for 658 deaths -- 630 of them unregistered pilgrims. About 1.8 million people from all over the world, many old and infirm, took part in the days-long, mostly outdoor pilgrimage, which this year fell during the oven-like Saudi summer. The hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam and all Muslims with the means must complete it at least once.
A 2019 study by the journal Geophysical Research Letters said because of climate change, heat stress for hajj pilgrims will exceed the"extreme danger threshold" from 2047 to 2052, and 2079 to 2086,"with increasing frequency and intensity as the century progresses".
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