More than 1,000 people die at hajj pilgrimage amid extreme heat in Saudi Arabia

Jun 22, 2024

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Pilgrims worship and circumambulate around the Kaaba, a stone building at the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, after fulfilling the hajj pilgrimage, June 19, 2024. (Photo/CBS News)

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Riyadh — The death toll from this year's hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performe…

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