Tanzania brings forward school closing date over El Niño rain concerns

'Bodies on the ground': Pilgrims recount hajj heat horrors

Muslim pilgrims arrive to perform the symbolic 'stoning of the devil' ritual as part of the hajj pilgrimage in Mina, near Saudi Arabia's holy city of Mecca, on June 16, 2024. PHOTO | AFP

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  • Egypt accounts for more than half of this year's hajj fatalities -- 658 out of more than 1,000 reported as of Friday

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